Research Article
Effect of Different Body Postures on the Severity of Stuttering in Young Adults with Developmental Stuttering
Table 2
Descriptive statistics of the severity score, reading task score, and speaking task score in different postural conditions.
| | Group | Severity score, grading (% of the participants) | Reading task score (% of the participants) | Speaking task score (% of the participants) |
| | Chair with no arms | Mild (14.3) | 2 (7.1) | 3 (7.1) | | | Moderate (35.5) | 4 (7.1) | 7 (21.4) | | | Severe (35.6) | 5 (14.3) | 8 (21.4) | | | Very severe (14.6) | 6 (42.9) | 9 (50) | | | | 7 (7.1) | | | | | 8 (7.1) | | | | | 9 (14.3) | |
| | Lying down | Mild (64.5) | 2 (28.6) | 2 (7.1) | | | Moderate (35.5) | 4 (35.7) | 4 (14.3) | | | | 5 (14.3) | 5 (7.1) | | | | 6 (14.3) | 6 (42.9) | | | | 7 (7.1) | 7 (21.4) | | | | | 8 (7.1) |
| | Standing | Mild (28.5) | 2 (7.1) | 3 (7.1) | | | Moderate (49.8) | 4 (21.4) | 5 (7.1) | | | Severe (21.7) | 5 (28.6) | 6 (14.3) | | | | 6 (28.6) | 7 (35.7) | | | | 7 (14.3) | 8 (21.4) | | | | | 9 (14.3) |
| | Chair with arms | Mild (49.9) | 2 (14.2) | 2 (7.1) | | | Moderate (50.1) | 4 (42.9) | 4 (7.1) | | | | 5 (35.8) | 5 (7.1) | | | | 6 (7.1) | 6 (42.9) | | | | | 7 (28.7) | | | | | 8 (7.1) |
| | Stretch neck muscles | Mild (35.6) | 2 (7.1) | 3 (7.1) | | | Moderate (64.4) | 4 (28.6) | 4 (7.1) | | | | 5 (50) | 6 (50) | | | | 6 (14.3) | 7 (21.4) | | | | | 8 (14.3) |
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