Demographic/anthropometric data,19 20 measurements of pain pressure thresholds (PPT), peak pressure at the back of the head, time-to-pain and the self-assessed severity of the experienced pain (0=no pain, 10=worst pain possible)21. Average (±SD) results are presented separately for the entire tested population, male and female participants.
| Total | Male | Female | P value† | |
| Number | 26 | 16 | 10 | – |
| Age (years) | 33.5 (±8.3) | 33.0 (±8.3) | 34.4 (±5.5) | 0.644 |
| Body mass (kg) | 81 (±11) | 85 (±9) | 76 (±12) | 0.054 |
| Stature (m) | 1.760 (±0.085) | 1.799 (±0.070) | 1.697 (±0.068) | 0.001‡ |
| Stature normalised over stretcher length* | 0.922 (±0.044) | 0.942 (±0.037) | 0.889 (±0.036) | 0.001‡ |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.4 (±3.1) | 26.2 (±2.2) | 26.5 (±4.2) | 0.839 |
| Shoulder breadth (m) | 0.496 (±0.045) | 0.511 (±0.043) | 0.471 (±0.067) | 0.022‡ |
| PPT forehead (kPa) | 195 (±88) | 224 (±85) | 158 (±80) | 0.061 |
| PPT arm (kPa)* | 171 (±67) | 204 (±65) | 130 (±54) | 0.006‡ |
| Pressure at occiput (kPa) | 59 (±17) | 60 (±16) | 57 (±19) | 0.683 |
| Time-to-pain (min) | 32 (±14) | 32 (±13) | 29 (±17) | 0.630 |
| Pain scale (0–10) | 2.7 (±1.1) | 2.5 (±1.1) | 2.9 (±1.0) | 0.398 |
*The relative participant stature to stretcher dimensions is presented by dividing stature over stretcher canvas length (ie, 1.91m).
†The p values of the independent samples t-tests that were used to assess differences between genders.
‡Statistically significant difference between genders (ie, P<0.05).