TABLE 7.
Comparisons of Variables Across Studies That Report Levator Muscle Measurements (Reported in mm with the Exception of Angle of Origin in Degrees)
| Current Study (15 Men, 15 Women) |
Bae et al., 2011 (5 Men, 5 Women) |
Perry et al, 2012 (10 Men) |
Tian et al., 2010c (5 Men, 7 Women)† |
Tian & Redett, 2009 (5 Men, 12 Women)† |
Ettema et al., 2002 (5 Men, 5 Women) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muscle length | ||||||
| Men | 49.4 | 46.3 | 47.5 | 33.1 | 32.6 | 46.4 |
| Women | 43.0 | 38.7 | 44.1 | |||
| Extravelar length | ||||||
| Men | 31.5 | - | 30.3 | - | - | - |
| Women | 27.8 | - | - | - | - | |
| Intravelar length | ||||||
| Men | 35.7 | - | 34.3 | - | - | - |
| Women | 30.5 | - | - | - | - | |
| Distance between velar insertion points | ||||||
| Men | 26.5 | - | 26.2 | 24.9 | 24.3 | - |
| Women | 23.5 | - | - | |||
| Origin to origin | ||||||
| Men | 58.3° | 55.8° | 56.0° | 60.9° | 60.0° | 54.6° |
| Women | 54.3° | 50.4° | 52.6° | |||
| Angle of origin | ||||||
| Men | 59.6° | 59.9° | 56.0° | 56.7° | 56.3° | 60.4° |
| Women | 56.4° | 56.0° | 64.5° | |||
*
Values for right and left muscle measures (muscle length, extravelar muscle length, and angles of origin) are averaged to provide comparison to other similar reported studies.
†
Only averaged values for men and women reported.