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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants

From: Exploring the immediate and short-term effect of lumbar spinal manipulation on pressure pain threshold: a randomized controlled trial of healthy participants

Groups

Lumbar SMT

Deactivated ultrasound

P value

Age in years (mean, SD)

24.5, 4.42

23.45, 1.86

p = .30

Gender (n)

26 (19 F, 7 M)

29 (16 F, 13 M)

 

Immediate PPT in lbs (mean, SD)

10.18, 3.63

10.68, 3.32

P = .60

  1. Abbreviations: PPT = pain pressure threshold, n = sample size, lbs. = pounds, SD = standard deviation, F = female, M = male
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