Research Article

Technical Feasibility of Supervision of Stretching Exercises by a Humanoid Robot Coach for Chronic Low Back Pain: The R-COOL Randomized Trial

Table 1

Demographic and baseline participant data.

Robot groupControl group

Sex (M : F)1 : 013 : 02
Age
BMI
VAS during the previous 24 hours
RMQ
DPQ-daily activity
DPQ-work/leisure
DPQ-anxiety/depression
DPQ-sociability
FABQ-physical activity
FABQ-work
Duration of LBP (months)
Acute to 3 events0 (0%)2 (13%)
Acute events7 (50%)6 (40%)
Back surgery2 (14%)2 (13%)
Professional activity during the previous 12 months6 (43%)11 (73%)
Work interruption due to LBP7 (88%)3 (75%)

M: male; F: female; BMI: body mass index; VAS: visual analogue scale; RMQ: Rolland-Morris Questionnaire; DPQ: Dallas Pain Questionnaire; FABQ: Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire, LBP: low back pain.