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. 2022 Mar 2;9:100108. doi: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2022.100108

Table 2.

Lumbar Lordosis (LL), Sacral Slope (SS) and Pelvic Tilt (PT) in standing and sitting position, all values are expressed in (°).

LL Stand. LL Sit. SS Stand. SS Sit. PT Stand. PT Sit. Reference
36.2±12.1 0.7±26.3 (↓) 35.8 ± 21.8 16.6± 9.38 (↓) 14.4±7.27 65.17± 8.24 () Nishida et al. 2020
Young adults 49.3 ± 14.2 23.3 ± 13.4 (↓) 34.6 ± 7.7 18.1 ± 10.1 (↓) 19.7 ± 16.4 32.5 ± 12.7 () Maekawa et al. 2019
Middle aged 40.8 ± 11.5 24.9 ± 16.2 (↓) 31.3 ± 8.5 18.8 ± 10.1 (↓) 22.2 ± 15.1 33.3 ± 14.0 ()
Elderly 42.1 ± 14.1 27.1 ± 14.8 (↓) 31.6 ± 8.9 20.1 ± 9.6 (↓) 24.3 ± 15.8 33.2 ± 14.7 ()
54.8 ± 9.8 15.9° ± 14.6 (↓) 37.1 ± 6.3 11.3 ±  10.8 (↓) 12.1± 6.3 37.7± 10.4 () Chevillote et al. 2018
31.9 ± 10.4 7.9 ± 10.8 (↓) 35.9 ± 8.7 14.9 ± 11.7 (↓) 7.7 ± 9.5 31.5 ± 8 () Suzuki et al. 2018
Young adults 31.3 ± 10.4 15.5 ± 10.1 (↓) 36.4 ± 7.2 19.0 ± 9.7 (↓) 10.3 ± 7.3 27.6± 10.5 () Suzuki et al. 2016
Elderly 26.6 ± 12.8 16.0 ± 13.9 (↓) 32.6 ± 8.6 21.2 ± 10.9 (↓) 15.0 ± 7.3 27.5 ± 10.9 ()
33.3 ± 11.2 16.7 ± 11.2 (↓) 37.2 ± 7.1 18.5 ± 10.9 (↓) 9.9 ± 7.4 28.2± 10.8 () Endo et al. 2012
X 24.7 ± 8.3 (↓) X X X X Baumgartner et al. 2012
Mean LL decrease 56% Mean SS decrease 49% ↓ Mean PT increase 58%