Muscle Functions and Functional Performance among Older Persons with and without Low Back Pain

Table 2

Pearson’s correlation coefficient of functional performances and muscle functions among genders in LBP group ().

Correlates	Male ()			Female ()
	TUG	Lower limb function	Hand grip strength	TUG	Lower limb function	Hand grip strength
	value	value	value	value	value	value
	Abdominal strength	0.037	0.223	−0.037	0.073	0.100
0.834		0.205	0.834	0.703	0.598	0.040
Back strength	−0.096		0.137	0.078	−0.006
	0.590	0.022	0.438	0.684	0.975	0.030
TrA control	0.009	−0.068	0.029	−0.046	0.104	0.044
	0.961	0.703	0.870	0.808	0.585	0.816
Multifidus control	0.009	−0.065		0.077		0.002
	0.961	0.716	0.575	0.969	0.049	0.990

Comparisons were tested using Pearson’s correlation coefficient analysis.
is significant at the level of 0.05 (1-tailed).