The Influence of the “Straighten Your Back” Command on the Sagittal Spinal Curvatures in Children with Generalized Joint Hypermobility
Table 2
The comparison of magnitude of sagittal spinal curvatures in children with generalized joint hypermobility (GJH) and control group (control) in a spontaneous posture (SP) and actively self-corrected (ASC) standing (St) and sitting (Si) positions.
GJH
Control
SP
ASC
value
SP
ASC
value
Median (QR)
Median (QR)
Median (QR)
Median (QR)
SS St (°)
−18.5 (9.5)
−19.0 (9.0)
−20.0 (7.0)
−21.0 (9.0)
LL St (°)
−31.0 (13.0)
−30.5 (11.5)
0.6
−34.0 (11.0)
−31.0 (14.0)
TK St (°)
42.0 (15.5)
34.5 (16.0)
43.0 (13.0)
33.0 (15.0)
LK St (°)
10.5 (11.0)
5.0 (14.0)
9.0 (9.0)
3.0 (9.0)
UK St (°)
34.5 (9.0)
31.0 (11.5)
32.0 (10.0)
31.0 (13.0)
SS Si (°)
13.0 (11.5)
−8.0 (12.5)
12.0 (10.0)
−8.0 (11.0)
LL Si (°)
18.5 (16.0)
−6.0 (14.0)
18.0 (12.0)
−7.0 (14.0)
TK Si (°)
35.5 (20.5)
21.0 (15.5)
37.0 (14.0)
23.0 (17.0)
LK Si (°)
16.5 (17.0)
1.0 (12.0)
16.0 (12.0)
1.0 (11.0)
UK Si (°)
21.0 (10.5)
22.0 (12.0)
21.0 (12.0)
23.0 (12.0)
Statistically significant differences are in bold; alues are in median (QR) and by Wilcoxon test. SS: sacral slope; LL: lumbar lordosis; TK: global thoracic kyphosis; LK: lower thoracic kyphosis; UK: upper thoracic kyphosis.
