Table 1.
Muscle tone of the erector spinae (sEMG amplitude).
| Variables | Girls | Boys | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoliosis (IS) | Scoliotic Posture (PS) | Scoliosis (IS) | Scoliotic Posture (PS) | |||||
| Mean mV | SD | Mean mV | SD | Mean mV | SD | Mean mV | SD | |
| Position: standing; segment: thoracic; side: left | 21.25 | 5.75 | 20.99 | 5.43 | 23.61 | 12.72 | 19.97 | 8.35 |
| Position: standing; segment: thoracic; side: right | 32.05 | 24.39 | 33.62 | 24.31 | 32.35 | 24.42 | 30.48 | 25.81 |
| Position: standing; segment: lumbar; side: left | 20.73 | 9.85 | 22.40 | 10.10 | 27.98 | 17.08 | 26.58 | 13.99 |
| Position: standing; segment: lumbar; side: right | 50.47 | 42.97 | 50.95 | 45.04 | 53.63 | 48.23 | 49.98 | 44.03 |
| Position: prone; segment: thoracic; side: left | 31.54 | 19.61 | 27.48 | 15.71 | 24.75 | 11.55 | 22.75 | 10.20 |
| Position: prone; segment: thoracic; side: right | 38.46 | 24.82 | 37.37 | 24.97 | 37.71 | 26.31 | 31.58 | 23.85 |
| Position: prone; segment: lumbar; side: left | 20.96 | 14.38 | 19.73 | 13.53 | 22.39 | 21.51 | 17.72 | 16.82 |
| Position: prone; segment: lumbar; side: right | 46.83 | 47.58 | 46.67 | 47.22 | 47.84 | 51.33 | 41.92 | 47.00 |