Researchers examined 16 healthy patients and 39 patients with lower back pain as the completed tasks such as sitting to standing and lifting boxes of different weights from a standing position. The regression model used two variables and classified 97.3 percent of the patients correctly. The results of the regression equation correlated with the Oswestry Disability Index scale.
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