Conservative treatment in Scheuermann’s kyphosis: comparison between lateral curve and variation of the vertebral geometry

Table 1 Mean, Standard Deviation (SD) of kyphosis in terms of Cobb degree, ALFA and APOS angle at baseline (t1) and at the end of treatment (t5)

Condition	Time	Mean	sd	Differ ence T5-T1 mean (SD)	P value (Paired T test)
Cobb	t1	57.8	6.0	−16.4 (4.5)	<0.01
Cobb	t5	41.3	5.6	−16.4 (4.5)	<0.01
ALFA ant	t1	14.0	2.2	−6.4 (1.4)	<0.01
ALFA ant	t5	7.6	2.4	−6.4 (1.4)	<0.01
APOS	t1	4.6	1.7	−2.7 (1.2)	<0.01
APOS	t5	1.9	1.0	−2.7 (1.2)	<0.01

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