Research Article

Gender Differences in Modifying Lumbopelvic Motion during Hip Medial Rotation in People with Low Back Pain

Table 1

Means (standard deviations) for subject characteristics.

Male
Female

Height (cm)178.47 (10.80)163.49 (5.98)
Weight (kg)81.85 (14.03)63.56 (8.87)
BMI (kg/m2)25.49 (2.06)23.78 (3.19)
Modified Oswestry21.47 (7.84)23.25 (9.77)
FABQ-PA12.93 (5.60)13.13 (4.67)
FABQ-W12.00 (10.97)12.69 (4.99)
Time since onset of low back pain (years)12.00 (8.74)10.63 (8.96)
Number of flare-upsa per year6.14 (5.43)5.77 (4.62)
Pain/paresthesia into thigh, (%)2 (13.3%)3 (18.8%)
Current pain3.43 (1.79)3.03 (1.87)
Average painb4.13 (1.58)3.72 (1.30)

aVon Korff, [28].
bAverage pain over the past 7 days.
Modified Oswestry: Modified Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire, FABQ: Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire, PA: physical activity subscale, and W: work subscale.