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Table 5 Mean values (SD) of x coordinates for experimental conditions Key: 3%: three per cent body weight, 5%: five per cent body weight. 10%: ten per cent body weight. T7: backpack positioned at the seventh thoracic vertebra. T12: backpack positioned at the twelfth thoracic vertebra. L3: backpack positioned at the third lumbar vertebra.

From: Adolescent standing postural response to backpack loads: a randomised controlled experimental study

 

3% T7

3%T12

3%L3

5%T7

5%T12

5%L3

10%T7

10%T12

10%L3

tragus of ear

33.9 (34.1)

32.2 (34.4)

32.0 (34.2)

36.3 (34.2)

34.8 (34.4)

34.3 (34.1)

41.8 (33.9)

40.8 (34.1)

40.1 (33.9)

spinous process C7

1.8 (10.6)

0.6 (10.7)

0.6 (10.7)

4.0 (10.5)

2.9 (10.7)

2.5 (10.8)

9,2 (11.4)

8.3 (11.7)

7.6 (11.6)

mid acromion shoulder

15.2 (11.1)

16.0 (11.2)

16.6 (10.6)

18.7 (11.4)

17.8 (11.5)

18.6 (11.0)

21.7 (11.9)

23.1 (12.2)

23.5 (12.1)

lateral superior illiac crest

24.3 (9.2)

23.6 (9.0)

22.9 (9.2)

25.4 (9.6)

24.5 (9.4)

24.5 (9.3)

27.8 (9.3)

26.8 (9.4)

26.7 (9.2)

greater trochanter

21.7 (9.2)

21.5 (8.4)

20.7 (8.3)

22.8 (9.2)

22.4 (8.7)

22.6 (8.7)

25.1 (9.0)

24.7 (8.7)

24.8 (8.5)

mid joint knee

11.0 (7.5)

11.1 (7.5)

10.4 (7.4)

11.3 (7.7)

11.3 (7.6)

11.7 (7.4)

12.4 (7.7)

12.6 (7.7)

12.8 (7.4)