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. 2012 May 18;7(5):e37450. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037450

Table 3. Summary of the relationship between body pain (average of cervical, thoracic and lumbar areas for each type) and posture type.

CERVICAL LUMBAR THORACIC AVERAGE
Mean 1.909 1.659 1.364 2.136
Posture A Standard deviation 2.180 2.265 2.279 2.900
Standard Error 0.4648 0.4828 0.4859 0.6182
Mean 2.528 4.236 2.194 2.736
Posture B Standard deviation 2.429 3.150 2.718 3.190
Standard Error 0.4048 0.5250 0.4531 0.5317
Mean 3.158 5.474 2.263 2.263
Posture C Standard deviation 3.420 2.836 2.884 3.331
Standard Error 0.7846 0.6505 0.6616 0.7641
Mean 2.196 4.630 2.587 2.826
Posture D Standard deviation 3.319 3.290 2.891 3.168
Standard Error 0.6921 0.6860 0.6027 0.6606

Posture A – Ideal; Posture B – Kyphosis-Lordosis; Posture C – Flat Back; Posture D – Sway-back.