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. 2021 Oct 10;18(20):10592. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182010592

Table 6.

Medians and interquartile ranges of total inclination and lumbar, thoracic and sacrum/hip inclinations in degrees measured before and after the intervention in sitting position in the sagittal plane: upright (U), flexion (F), extension (E), and estimated ROM from upright to flexion (U–F), upright to extension (U–E) and extension to flexion (E–F) (n = 76).

Sagittal Sitting
Position Segment Before After p-Value
Q1 Median Q3 Q1 Median Q3
U Sac/Hip −4.0 1.0 8.0 1.0 5.0 14.0 <0.001 *
Thoracic 20.5 27.0 36.5 18.0 25.0 33.0 0.006 *
Lumbar −14.5 −6.5 0.5 −18.0 −13.0 −6.0 <0.001 *
Inclination 0 2.5 6.0 0 1.0 4.0 0.001 *
F Sac/Hip 4.5 11.5 21.0 12.0 26.5 34.0 <0.001 *
Thoracic 61.0 67.5 74.0 58.5 65.5 72.5 0.593
Lumbar 19.0 25.5 29.00 22.0 27.0 31.0 <0.001 *
Inclination 40.0 49.0 60. 51.5 65.5 72.0 <0.001 *
E Sac/Hip −2.5 3.0 7.0 −1.0 5.0 11.0 0.038 *
Thoracic 11.0 17.5 26.0 5.5 13.0 20.0 <0.001 *
Lumbar −41.0 −34.0 −27.5 −42.5 −35.0 −28.0 0.103
Inclination −26.0 −22.0 −18.0 −26.0 −23.0 −19.0 0.659
U-F Sac/Hip 1.0 8.5 19.0 6.0 19.0 28.0 <0.001 *
Thoracic 27.5 40.0 46.0 33.0 40.0 48.0 0.082
Lumbar 25.0 31.5 38.5 33.0 38.0 45.0 <0.001 *
Inclination 38.0 45.5 55.5 48.5 63.0 71.5 <0.001 *
U-E Sac/Hip −6.5 1.0 6.0 −6.5 −2.0 6.0 0.098
Thoracic −14.5 −10.0 −5.0 −18.5 −11.0 −6.5 0.158
Lumbar −35.5 −25.0 −19.0 −27.5 −22.5 −16.0 0.003 *
Inclination −29.0 −25.0 −21.0 −28.0 −24.0 −20.0 0.207
E-F Sac/Hip 1.5 8.0 19.5 6.0 19.5 29.5 <0.001 *
Thoracic 38.0 48.0 56.0 46.0 53.0 60.0 0.004 *
Lumbar 51.5 59.5 65.5 54.0 63.5 69.0 0.001 *
Inclination 60.0 73.0 81.0 73.0 86.0 98.0 <0.001 *

* Significant results (p < 0.05); negative values indicate lordotic angles, while positive values denote kyphotic angles of the spine.