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. 2015 Jul 17;10(7):e0131120. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131120

Table 3. Left lateral SCC and posterior SCC are further from the midline in scoliosis.

Distances of Semicircular Canal vertex from the Midline Scoliosis (1) Control (1) Significance(p) T(df) or U (2) Effect size « r »
LDR 42.9 + /-1.8 42.6+ /-1.3 0.63 t(20) = -0.49 0.11
LDL 43.9+ /-1.8 42.3+ /-3.9 0.01* t(20) = -2.16 0.44
Diff LDR-LDL -0.93+ /-1.5 0.29+ /-1.1 0.08 t(20) = -1.88 0.39
[Diff LDR-LDL] 1.0 (12.3) 1.0 (9.9) 0.40 U = 41.0 0.18
ADR 39.0+ /-0.5 40.0+ /-1.5 0.97 U = 52.0 0.01
ADL 40.2+ /-2.0 39.3+ /-1.1 0.19 t(20) = 1.12 0.24
Diff ADR-ADL -0.13+ /-1.4 0.42+ /-3.3 0.43 t(20) = -0.80 0.18
[Diff ADR-ADL] 1.0 (10.6) 2.0 (13.4) 0.30 U = 39.0 0.22
PDR 40.4+ /-1.7 40.2+ /-1.6 0.74 t(20) = 0.30 0.08
PDL 41.0 (13.3) 40.0 (7.7) 0.05* U = 26.0 0.41
Diff PDR-PDL -0.8+ /-1.6 0.29+ /-1.7 0.18 t(20) = -1.40 0.30
[Diff PDR-PDL] 1.0 (11.7) 2.0 (11.1) 0.82 U = 49.0 0.05

(1) Mean (in mm) +/- SD if T Test; or Median (in mm) (Mean Rank) if Mann Whitney U test.

(2) t value and degrees of freedom (df) if T Test; or U value if Mann Whitney U test.

*significant results with p-value < 0.05.