Table 2.
Muscle tone of the erector spinae (sEMG amplitude).
| Variables | Girls | Boys | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoliosis | Scoliotic Posture | Scoliosis | Scoliotic Posture | |||||
| Mean mV | SD | Mean mV | SD | Mean mV | SD | Mean mV | SD | |
| Prone, position, trunk up, thoracic segment, left side | 53.11 | 27.59 | 51.24 | 26.34 | 56.01 | 31.07 | 53.73 | 25.91 |
| Prone, position, trunk up, thoracic segment, right side | 68.83 | 22.61 | 65.70 | 21.12 | 67.76 | 29.11 | 69.65 | 23.73 |
| Prone position, trunk up, lumbar segment, left side | 52.53 | 27.07 | 48.36 | 22.52 | 55.36 | 28.82 | 51.89 | 24.76 |
| Prone position, trunk up, lumbar segment, right side | 76.65 | 41.29 | 73.24 | 34.78 | 78.55 | 39.26 | 74.08 | 33.65 |
| Prone position, lower limbs up, thoracic segment, left side | 36.42 | 18.68 | 34.08 | 17.07 | 38.60 | 23.08 | 40.55 | 24.20 |
| Prone position, lower limbs up, thoracic segment, right side | 47.05 | 18.45 | 49.07 | 25.24 | 53.61 | 34.41 | 56.05 | 33.04 |
| Prone position, lower limbs up, lumbar segment, left side | 63.44 | 34.21 | 63.50 | 37.75 | 64.47 | 34.76 | 62.73 | 30.46 |
| Prone position, lower limbs up, lumbar segment, right side | 94.48 | 47.20 | 85.32 | 36.30 | 95.00 | 42.18 | 91.86 | 32.39 |
| Total | 47.17 | 26.65 | 45.60 | 25.46 | 48.72 | 29.74 | 46.34 | 26.13 |