Effects of Whole-Body Electromyostimulation on Low Back Pain in People with Chronic Unspecific Dorsal Pain: A Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data from Randomized Controlled WB-EMS Trials

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the participants of the HIT and control groups.

Variable	WB-EMS	Control	Difference; (p)
Gender [women/men]	12/11	14/8	.606
Age [years]			.429
Body height [cm]			.926
Body weight [kg]			.315
Physical activity [index]			.463
Exercise volume [min/week]			.689
Number of diseases [n]			.331
Number of orthopedic diseases [n]			.601
Smoker [n]	8	8	.912

Self-rated physical activity score (1, very low, to 7, very high) [16].