. 2021 Feb 10;9:e10821. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10821

Table 4. Differences in body posture parameters between the groups of children examined.

Parameters	Examination	Group I–II	Group I–III	Group II–III
		p	p	p
ALFA [°]	I	0.382	0.353	0.838
ALFA [°]	II	0.895	0.824	0.648
BETA [°]	I	0.389	0.563	0.313
BETA [°]	II	0.619	0.871	0.663
GAMMA [°]	I	0.688	0.847	0.615
GAMMA [°]	II	0.650	0.737	0.872
KKP [°]	I	0.708	0.915	0.921
KKP [°]	II	0.721	0.698	0.991
KLL [°]	I	0.258	0.940	0.553
KLL [°]	II	0.285	0.317	0.924
MI	I	0.418	0.952	0.578
MI	II	0.801	0.727	0.917
KPT [°]	I	0.720	0.399	0.253
KPT [°]	II	0.655	0.517	0.154
KNT [°]	I	0.810	0.403	0.491
KNT [°]	II	0.546	0.727	0.778
UK [°]	I	0.213	0.04	0.308
UK [°]	II	0.117	0.258	0.611
KNM [mm]	I	0.444	0.752	0.707
KNM [mm]	II	0.894	0.440	0.280
KLB [°]	I	0.690	0.839	0.443
KLB [°]	II	0.623	0.953	0.572
TT [mm]	I	0.863	0.780	0.566
TT [mm]	II	0.644	0.722	0.902
UL [mm]	I	0.968	0.659	0.892
UL [mm]	II	0.314	0.04	0.796
POTSI	I	0.795	0.432	0.607
POTSI	II	0.09	0.320	0.609

Notes.

ALFA: lumbosacral spine region inclination [°]
BETA: thoracolumbar spine region inclination [°]
GAMMA: upper thoracic spine region inclination [°]
KKP: kyphosis angle
KKP: 180 − (BETA + GAMMA) [°]
KLL: lordosis angle
KLL: 180 − (ALFA + BETA) [°]
MI: compensation index
KPT: the angle of the body bent to the forward/backward [°]
KNT: the angle of the body bent to the side [°]
UK: the maximum deviation of the line of the spinous processes from the C1–S1 line on the x-axis [mm]
KNM: pelvic inclination angle [mm]
KLB: angle of the shoulder line [mm]
TT: angle of waist triangle [mm]
UL: angle of scapulae line [mm]
POTSI: posterior trunk symmetry index

ANOVA analysis: statistically significant results between groups (p < 0.05).