Table 1.
Mean Cobb angles of the thoracic curves with and without brace
| MR projection | Cobb angles of the thoracic curves, n= 38 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Without brace | (2) With brace | Difference (1)− (2) | ||||
| Mean | Standard deviation | Mean | Standard deviation | Mean | Standard deviation | |
| −90° | 11.1 | 5.9 | 8.4 | 6.4 | 2.7a | 2.1 |
| −70° | 18.5 | 5.6 | 14.8 | 5.9 | 3.8a | 2.9 |
| −40° | 26.5 | 7.3 | 21.2 | 8.0 | 5.3a | 3.2 |
| −20° | 29.9 | 8.3 | 24.1 | 8.5 | 5.7a | 3.0 |
| 0° | 28.4 | 8.3 | 23.6 | 8.5 | 4.8a | 3.0 |
| 20° | 21.4 | 8.5 | 18.4 | 8.4 | 3.0a | 2.3 |
| 40° | 13.5 | 7.9 | 11.9 | 8.0 | 1.6a | 2.4 |
| 70° | −0.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | −1.6a | 0.4 |
| 90° | −11.0 | 5.9 | −8.4 | 6.3 | −2.6a | 2.1 |
aSignificant difference, p< 0.05