Research Article
The Effect of Spinal Muscle Fatigue and Psychosocial Factors on Pressure-Pain Threshold in Healthy Adults
Table 1
Participant demographic characteristics, psychosocial characteristics, and the Sorensen test outcomes.
| | | Females (n = 22) | Males (n = 13) | |
| | Age (years) | 27.3 (5.2) | 26.3 (3.2) | 0.547 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 23.2 (4.2) | 25.3 (2.1) | 0.096 | | Race, frequency | | American Indian/Alaska native | 0 | 0 | 0.473 | | Asian | 8 | 8 | | Black/African America | 0 | 0 | | Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | | White | 10 | 4 | | Mixed | 3 | 0 | | Unknown/not reported | 1 | 1 | | Anxiety, HADS-A | 8.5 (2.5) | 6.4 (3.3) | 0.035 | | Depression, HADS-D | 3.8 (2.5) | 3.0 (1.4) | 0.304 | | Central sensitization, CSI | 25.5 (10.3) | 18.6 (8.6) | 0.052 | | Pain catastrophizing, PCS | 9.1 (7.2) | 8.5 (10.1) | 0.851 | | Sleepiness, KSS | 3.7 (1.7) | 3.9 (1.3) | 0.668 | | Insomnia, ISI | 6.8 (4.6) | 5.1 (3.7) | 0.267 | | Sorensen duration (seconds) | 126.6 (52.8) | 126.3 (64.8) | 0.989 | | Perceived exertion, 0–10 | 5.3 (1.7) | 5.3 (1.5) | 0.941 | | Pain/discomfort, 0–10 | 0.5 (1.3) | 0.5 (1.2) | 0.959 |
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Statistically significant difference between males and females. |
