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Table 2 Main results about the lateral bending movement.

From: Effect of obesity and low back pain on spinal mobility: a cross sectional study in women

  

C

O

cLBP

 

Frontal Plane

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

ANOVA

Lateral trunk inclination (βLTI) [deg]

START

-0.2 (1.0)

0.7 (1.5)

0.5 (1.7)

§ NS

 

ROM (**,***)

77.8 (13.7)

80.7 (8.0)

60.7 (21.3)

p = 0.005

Pelvic obliquity (β1) [deg]

START

-0.5 (1.7)

0.0 (1.6)

-0.2 (2.6)

§ NS

 

ROM

12.1 (2.6)

15.2 (4.8)

11.7 (5.6)

§ NS

Lumbar curve (βDC) [deg]

START

1.9 (4.6)

2.1 (3.1)

1.5 (5.5)

NS

 

ROM (**,***)

46.0 (7.0)

43.9 (11.3)

29.4 (11.8)

p = 0.0007

Lumbar movement (β2) [deg]

START

-1.9 (1.7)

-0.9 (3.0)

-1.1 (4.2)

§ NS

 

ROM

20.1 (8.2)

26.6 (9.3)

21.3 (16.8)

§ NS

Thoracic curve (βPC) [deg]

START

2.2 (2.3)

0.4 (3.1)

0.1 (3.2)

NS

 

ROM (*,**,***)

42.2 (9.0)

31.3 (9.0)

23.0 (8.9)

p = 0.00004

Thoracic movement (β3) [deg]

START

2.7 (2.4)

2.8 (2.6)

1.4 (5.3)

NS

 

ROM (**,***)

59.2 (9.7)

50.5 (11.8)

35.5 (12.9)

p = 0.00007

Symmetry [deg]

 

-1.4 (2.5)

0.6 (5.2)

2.5 (6.8)

NS

COR weight

(*,**)

Zone 2

Zone 5

Zone 5

§ p = 0.012

  1. Positive values were used in case of right bending of the segment.
  2. § Kruskall-Wallis ANOVA,
  3. * differences between C and O (P < 0.05)
  4. ** differences between C and LBP (P < 0.05)
  5. *** differences between O and LBP (P < 0.05).