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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Exercise in children with joint hypermobility syndrome and knee pain: a randomised controlled trial comparing exercise into hypermobile versus neutral knee extension

Characteristicsa

Hypermobile training group (n=12)

Neutral training group (n=14)

Combined (n=29)†

Age, years

13.48 (3.05)

11.02 (2.51)*

12.04 (2.93)

Gender: female, n (%)

10 (83.3%)

8 (57.1%)

19 (65.5%)

BMI centile

51.25 (26.74)

65.67 (33.11)

61.36 (30.17)

Patient new to service: yes, n (%)

11 (91.6%)

10 (71.4%)

24 (82.8%)

Beighton Score (/9)

7.7 (1.0)

6.9 (1.1)

7.14 (1.16)

  1. a Categorical variables: number of participants (%), Continuous variables: mean (S.D).
  2. † Includes drop-outs.
  3. * p<0.05 indicating statistically significant difference between the neutral and training groups.
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Pediatric Rheumatology

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