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. 2014 Apr 7;11:52. doi: 10.1186/1743-0003-11-52

Table 4.

Applied external forces

Classification 1 All muscles Superficial muscles No muscles
Left
58.22
(23.5)
77.26
(16.18)
97.67
(6.07)
Right
78.9
(13.11)
80.06
(23.79)
99.98
(0.05)
Lumbar
87.59
(12.23)
86.5
(11.83)
99.27
(1.17)
Classification 2
All muscles
Superficial muscles
No muscles
Left
66.5
(18.16)
81.44
(21.18)
99.63
(1.48)
Right
74.43
(15.86)
85.98
(13.22)
98.19
(5.57)
Lumbar
85.03
(12.9)
94.87
(6.15)
99.96
(0.09)
Classification 3
All muscles
Superficial muscles
No muscles
Left
61.2
(25.85)
71.32
(23.31)
87.32
(15.21)
Right
71.21
(17.1)
81.7
(13.61)
92.61
(3.95)
Lumbar
50.1
(29.4)
76.03
(23.86)
99.11
(2.01)
Classification 4
All muscles
Superficial muscles
No muscles
Left
49.52
(25.84)
65.65
(23.99)
81.64
(23.23)
Right
65.06
(17.19)
81.4
(11.96)
97
(3.94)
Lumbar
47.2
(36.63)
83.03
(21.65)
87.44
(23.2)
Classification 5
All muscles
Superficial muscles
No muscles
Left
68.9
(21.64)
68.8
(21.58)
91.05
(18.2)
Right
67.41
(16.44)
81.25
(11.74)
95.07
(6)
Lumbar 58.8 (37.53) 75.13 (24.12) 94.75 (7.73)

Average left, right and lumbar forces and their standard deviations applied over all Cobb angles across the five Classifications. Values are presented in N.