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Table 3 Spinal measurements and polynomial coefficients calculated from group of 70 subjects

From: Optimization of the examination posture in spinal curvature assessment

Parameter

Posture A

Posture G

Comparison G − A

  

M

SD

M

SD

Δ

P

shift

[mm]

16.8

21.7

32.1

18.2

15.3

<0.001*

tilt

[°]

2.4

1.9

5.7

2.1

3.2

<0.001*

α C

[°]

7.8

8.8

7.1

9.0

−0.7

0.261

α T

[°]

44.2

8.7

45.4

9.2

1.2

0.070

α L

[°]

39.3

12.2

38.6

10.3

−0.7

0.305

b 0

[mm]

16.8

19.2

47.6

18.2

30.8

<0.001*

b 1

[mm]

1.9

8.2

15.0

8.3

13.1

<0.001*

b 2

[mm]

36.2

9.7

35.9

9.7

−0.3

0.496

b 3

[mm]

16.8

6.4

17.3

6.6

0.5

0.085

b 4

[mm]

−8.9

3.5

−8.0

3.7

0.9

<0.001*

b 5

[mm]

0.4

3.1

0.6

2.9

0.2

0.197

b 6

[mm]

−1.2

2.2

−1.2

2.3

0.0

0.877

  1. Posture A – free standing position.
  2. Posture G – standing position supported by a fixation frame.
  3. M – arithmetic mean.
  4. SD – standard deviation.
  5. Δ – difference of parameters.
  6. P – significance of paired t-test.
  7. shift – sagittal shift.
  8. tilt – sagittal tilt.
  9. α C – angle of cervical lordosis.
  10. α T – angle of thoracic kyphosis.
  11. α L – angle of lumbar lordosis.
  12. b 0, b 1,…, b 6 – polynomial coefficients in the sagittal plane.
  13. * – statistically significant (p < 0.05).
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