Potential treatment effect modifiers for manipulative therapy for children complaining of spinal pain.Secondary analyses of a randomised controlled trial

doi:10.1186/s12998-019-0282-7

Table 4

Distribution of baseline values of potential effect modifiers within each intervention group

	MT (N = 122)		Non-MT (N = 116)
	n	%	n	%
SP six months before inclusion
< =20% of time	103	84%	86	74%
> 20% of time	6	5%	16	14%
Missing	13	11%	14	12%
CMP six months before inclusion
< =20% of time	98	80%	88	76%
> 20% of time	11	9%	14	12%
Missing	13	11%	14	12%
EoCC
Better	73	60%	73	63%
Worse/same	6	5%	6	5%
Missing	43	35%	37	32%
NRS baseline
< =7	111	91%	108	93%
> 7	11	9%	8	7%
Missing	0	0%	0	0%
KID
High QOL	113	93%	103	89%
Low QOL	9	7%	12	10%
Missing	0	0%	1	1%

SP Spinal pain, CMP Co-occurring musculoskeletal pain, EoCC Expectation of the Clinical Course, NRS Numerical Rating Scale baseline pain intensity, KID Sum score from KIDScreen questionnaire on quality of life, QoL Quality of Life, MT Manipulative therapy, Non-MT non-manipulative therapy