Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Effectiveness of Massage Therapy and Abdominal Hypopressive Gymnastics in Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

Table 1

Homogeneity of three study groups in the distribution by gender, age, and pretest of the dependent variables.
VariableGroupFrequencyPercentageSignificance
Gender    
 MaleMassage Therapy333,3% 0,128
AHG00%
Massage Therapy + AHG111,1%
 FemaleMassage Therapy666,7%
AHG9100%
Massage Therapy + AHG888,9%
VariableGroupMedianFirst and third quartilesSignificance
AgeMassage Therapy26,0023,50; 34,50 0,712
AHG24,0022,00; 32,00
Massage Therapy + AHG36,6720,50; 55,50
OswestryMassage Therapy22,0016,00; 27,00 0,132
AHG30,0016,00; 35,00
Massage Therapy + AHG34,0024,00; 37,00
NRSMassage Therapy7,005,50; 7,00 0,722
AHG7,005,00; 8,50
Massage Therapy + AHG7,006,00; 7,50
SchoberMassage Therapy5,935,41; 6,38 0,253
AHG6,535,53; 6,94
Massage Therapy + AHG5,835,21; 6,01
SF-12Massage Therapy32,0031,00; 34,00 0,295
AHG31,0028,00; 33,00
Massage Therapy + AHG32,0029,00; 34,00