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

Table 3

Comparison of magnitude of sagittal spinal curvatures between children with generalized joint hypermobility (GJH) and control group (control) in actively self-corrected (ASC) standing (St) and sitting (Si) positions.

		ASC			ASC
		St			Si
	GJH	Control	value	GJH	Control	value
SS (°)	−19.0 (9.0)	−21.0 (9.0)	0.3	−6.7 (8.3)	−7.2 (8.2)	0.9^†
LL (°)	−31.9 (10.2)	−31.2 (10.4)	0.9^†	−5.5 (10.2)	−7.0 (10.6)	0.8^†
TK (°)	33.7 (12.9)	33.1 (11.3)	0.2^†	21.0 (15.5)	23.0 (17.0)	0.5
LK (°)	5.0 (14.0)	3.0 (9.0)	0.1	0.8 (8.7)	1.0 (8.4)	0.7^†
UK (°)	31.0 (11.5)	31.0 (13.0)	0.9	22.0 (12.0)	23.0 (12.0)	0.5

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.