Table 1 |
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Baseline participant characteristics for the study cohort (n = 179); values are mean (SD) unless otherwise stated. |
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Characteristics |
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Age (years) |
29.3 (5.8) |
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Number (%) of females |
100 (55.9) |
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Height (cm) |
173 (9.5) |
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Weight (kg) |
74.7 (18.6) |
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Body Mass Index (kg/m2) |
24.8 (5.1) |
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Physical activity* (kcal/kg) |
41 (7.3) |
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Bilateral knee pain: Number (%) |
102 (57) |
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Duration of knee pain (months): Median (IQR) |
28 (12-84) |
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Usual pain^ |
36.3 (16.6) |
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Worst pain^ |
60.5 (15.9) |
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Kujala Patellofemoral Score† |
71.5 (9.8) |
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Functional index questionnaire‡ |
9.8 (2.1) |
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* Physical activity over the previous week questionnaire, total energy expended per day. ^ Pain measured on a 100 mm visual analogue scale; 0 mm = no pain, 100 mm = worst pain imaginable. † 0-100 points; 100 = no disability. ‡ 0-16 points; 16 = no disability. |
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Collins et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2010 11:11 doi:10.1186/1471-2474-11-11 |
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