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. 2016 Feb 29;28(2):339–346. doi: 10.1589/jpts.28.339

Table 4. Habitual posture and craniocervical mobility of the normal and addiction groups according to subdiagnosis of TMDs.

Normal group Addiction group


Joint Muscular Mixed Joint Muscular Mixed
Cervical flexion posture while using a smartphone (°) 12.82±10.96 14.81±6.91 4.00±5.44 29.92±13.55** 30.63±12.31** 20.83±8.23**
Lateral flexion (Rt.) (°) 4.75±1.3 4.67±1.23 4.40±1.49 5.14±1.25 4.81±0.96 4.69±1.16
Lateral flexion (Lt.) (°) 68.06±7.54 67.78±6.03 71.33±6.86 60.45±6.14** 57.22±6.35** 66.11±7.06
Rotation (Rt.) (°) 69.21±8.22 68.70±4.70 74.33±11.67 63.41±7.15* 58.41±6.89** 63.89±3.87
Rotation (Lt.) (°) 62.41±8.26 56.67±9.88 53.00±4.00 54.55±11.07** 47.62±8.98* 53.33±12.62
Cervical flexion (°) 74.53±8.92 72.59±6.24 75.00±6.15 71.59±9.76 64.92±7.91* 72.78±3.38
Cervical extension (°) 41.57±5.18 37.22±4.08 39.33±3.59 35.15±9.87** 30.48±4.02** 39.44±11.08
Cervical protrusion (cm) 43.52±6.11 40.19±5.58 42.33±3.43 37.65±8.36** 33.73±4.85** 40.00±9.28

Values are mean ± SD. *significant difference, p < 0.05. **significant difference, p < 0.01