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Table 1 Main results about the forward flexion movement.

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

  

C

O

cLBP

 
  

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

ANOVA

Sagittal Plane

     

Forward trunk inclination (αFTI) [deg]

START (*)

1.2 (2.7)

5.0 (2.5)

4.0 (3.5)

§ p = 0.0093

 

MAX (**)

119.4 (9.2)

112.1 (7.5)

103.9 (14.8)

p = 0.0056

 

ROM (*,**)

118.2 (9.3)

107.1 (7.5)

99.8 (14.6)

§ p = 0.0041

Anterior pelvic tilt (α1) [deg]

START (*,**)

11.2 (2.4)

20.9 (7.8)

23.9 (8.6)

p = 0.0003

 

MAX

72.7 (6.5)

75.2 (13.7)

77.1 (12.4)

NS

 

ROM

61.4 (6.2)

54.3 (10.4)

53.2 (9.5)

NS

Angle related to lordosis (αL) [deg]

START (**,***)

30.2 (5.2)

32.7 (8.6)

41.0 (12.9)

p = 0.023

 

MAX (*,**,***)

-21.3 (2.6)

-14.6 (5.1)

-5.5 (8.5)

§ p = 0.0001

 

ROM

51.5 (5.0)

47.3 (5.9)

46.5 (15.9)

NS

Lumbar movement (α2) [deg]

START (**)

-1.7 (5.1)

-7.8 (13.5)

-15.3 (14.2)

§ p = 0.022

 

MAX (**,***)

22.8 (5.2)

19.2 (11.0)

10.9 (11.3)

p = 0.01

 

ROM

24.5 (5.6)

27.0 (12.2)

26.1 (12.2)

NS

Angle related to kyphosis (αK) [deg]

START

23.7 (6.4)

25.5 (4.1)

24.9 (5.9)

NS

 

MAX (*)

34.6 (8.2)

27.2 (5.5)

29.0 (7.4)

p = 0.048

 

ROM (*,**)

10.9 (7.2)

1.8 (5.4)

4.1 (6.4)

p = 0.004

Thoracic movement (α3) [deg]

START

-10.2 (6.7)

-9.0 (14.6)

-4.9 (9.6)

NS

 

MAX (*,**)

33.9 (5.2)

25.5 (6.6)

23.4 (9.2)

p = 0.003

 

ROM (*,**)

44.1 (8.5)

34.5 (10.0)

28.2 (9.6)

p = 0.001

  1. Trunk, pelvis, lumbar and thoracic values were used in case of forward flexion of the considered segment, negative values otherwise. Negative values of the angle related to lordosis were used to highlight a kyphosis curve of the lordosis 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).