The spinal posture of computing adolescents in a real-life setting

Table 1 The mean, median, SD, maximum and minimum values for height, weight, BMI and the five postural angles for the total group and by gender (n = 194)

*Head flexion angles greater than 90° were obtained when the canthus was lower than the tragus.
^†Neck flexion greater than 90° indicated that the tragus was lower than the level of the C₇ SP.
^‡If trunk flexion was positive, the C₇ SP was positioned anterior to the greater trochanters, and the student had adopted a more flexed posture. If trunk flexion was negative, the C₇ SP was positioned posterior to the greater trochanters, and the student had adopted a more extended posture.
^§A negative value for head lateral bend indicated that the head was bent in the frontal plane to the left.

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