The Influence of the “Straighten Your Back” Command on the Sagittal Spinal Curvatures in Children with Generalized Joint Hypermobility

Table 1

The comparison of age, height, weight, BMI, and sagittal spinal curvatures in spontaneous standing (St) and sitting positions (Si) between children with generalized joint hypermobility (GJH) and control group (control).

	GJH	Control	value
	Age (years)	12.0 (1.0)		12.0 (1.0)	0.31
Weight (kg)	42.8 (18.5)	41.5 (14.0)	0.72
Height (cm)	151.7 (8.2)	151.0 (8.4)	0.84^†
BMI (kg m^−2)	18.9 (5.9)	18.1 (4.4)	0.83
SS St (°)	−18.9 (6.7)	−19.5 (6.3)	0.5^†
LL St (°)	−32.3 (9.2)	−33.2 (8.6)	0.5^†
TK St (°)	43.7 (11.0)	42.4 (8.8)	0.03^†
LK St (°)	11.1 (7.6)	9.1 (7.7)	0.9^†
UK St (°)	33.0 (7.7)	33.4 (7.4)	0.7^†
SS Si (°)	13.0 (11.5)	12.0 (10.0)	0.9
LL Si (°)	18.5 (16.0)	18.0 (12.0)	0.6
TK Si (°)	36.0 (13.0)	36.7 (10.1)	0.01^†
LK Si (°)	15.7 (10.3)	15.1 (8.2)	0.02^†
UK Si (°)	21.0 (10.5)	21.0 (12.0)	0.3

Statistically significant differences are in bold; alues are in mean (SD) and by independent t-test; alues are in median (QR) and by Mann–Whitney test.
SS: sacral slope; LL: lumbar lordosis; TK: global thoracic kyphosis; LK: lower thoracic kyphosis; UK: upper thoracic kyphosis.