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Table 2 Participants’ characteristics

From: Changes in flexion-relaxation phenomenon and lumbo-pelvic kinematics following lumbar disc replacement surgery

Characteristics

Means ± SDs

Age (years)

43.5 ± 8.6

Weight (kg)

75.5 ± 10.1

Height (m)

1.74 ± 0.8

Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.0 ± 2.7

Level of disc prosthesis

 

-L2-L3

n = 1

-L3-L4

n = 1

-L4-L5

n = 11

-L3-L4 and L4-L5

n = 1

-L5-S1

n = 1

Other surgery

 

-fusion L5-S1

n = 12

Weeks before surgery*

12.1 ± 13

Weeks after surgery**

17.3 ± 8.4

  1. Kg: kilograms.
  2. M: meter.
  3. SDs: standard deviations.
  4. *Number of weeks between the initial laboratory experimentation and the surgery.
  5. ** Number of weeks between the surgery and the second laboratory experimentation.