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. 2005 Mar 11;14(5):480–486. doi: 10.1007/s00586-004-0843-9

Table 2.

Measurement of sagittal balance parameters for L4–L5 in degrees

  Average Minimum value Maximum value Standard deviation P value
Global lordosis preoperative 50.1 29 69 10.1 0.72
Global lordosis postoperative 49.2 26 70 11.8
L4–L5 lordosis preoperative 5.9 0 16 4.6 0.001
L4–L5 lordosis postoperative 11.1 1 16 4.4
L5–S1 lordosis preoperative 12.0 3 27 7.1 0.53
L5–S1 lordosis postoperative 11.3 0 24 6.5
ST preoperative 37.9 29 44 5 0.84
ST postoperative 36.9 19 46 7.9
PT preoperative 18.1 10 26 5.3 0.49
PT postoperative 19.5 10 28 6.1
Kyphosis preoperative 34.3 12 58 12.7 0.39
Kyphosis postoperative 32.9 17 55 11.5