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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

From: Effect of neck strength training on health-related quality of life in females with chronic neck pain: a randomized controlled 1-year follow-up study

Variable

Training groups

P value‡

 

Control group

n = 60

Mean (SD)

Endurance n = 59

Mean (SD)

Strength n = 60

Mean (SD)

 

Demographic

    

   Age, years

46 (5)

46 (6)

45 (6)

0.73

   Height, cm

164 (5)

165 (6)

165 (5)

0.74

   Weight, kg

69 (12)

68 (10)

67 (11)

0.64

   Body mass index

26 (4)

25 (3)

25 (3)

0.40

Clinical characteristic

    

   Duration of neck pain, years

8 (5)

9 (6)

8 (6)

0.30

   Neck pain, mm (VAS†, scale 0-100)

58 (20)

56 (22)

57 (20)

0.89

  1. †Visual Analog Scale
  2. ‡ P value with ANOVA