Motion of Lumbar Endplate in Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis Patients with Different Cobb Angle In Vivo: Reflecting the Biomechanics of the Lumbar Disc

Table 4

Comparison of translation ranges between normal participants and DLS patients ( and ).

Number		A group		value	B group		value
		Nondegenerative disc	Degenerative disc		Nondegenerative disc	Degenerative disc
		10	55		32	113
Rotations (°)
Flexion-extension				0.840			0.121
				0.676			0.813
				0.737			0.831
Left-right bending				0.192			0.063
				0.629			0.149
				0.421			0.672
Left-right torsion				0.602			0.608
				0.168			0.625
				0.610			0.528
Translations (mm)
Flexion-extension				0.893			0.579
				0.569			0.019
				0.476			0.797
Left-right bending				0.061			0.338
				0.327			0.035
				0.220			0.041
Left-right torsion				0.168			0.016
				0.272			0.004
				0.813			0.228

Mean values were presented as ± standard deviation. Rotation around axis: , , and . , value < 0.05. DLS: degenerative lumbar scoliosis; : mediolateral.axis; : anteroposterior axis; : craniocaudal axis; A group: coronal ; B group: coronal .