Relationships between lumbar inter-vertebral motion and lordosis in healthy adult males: a cross sectional cohort study

Table 3 Correlations between kinematic variables and IV-RoMmax at all inter-vertebral levels n = 18 (Significant relationships are highlighted in bold)

Kinematic variable	L2-L3 IV-RoMmax		L3-L4 IV-RoMmax		L4-L5 IV-RoMmax		L5-S1 IV-RoMmax
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Lordosis	0.54	0.021	0.401	0.099	−0.52	0.026	−0.02	0.973
L2-L3 IV-RoMmax	-		0.65	0.003	−0.64	0.004	−0.35	0.157
L3-L4 IV-RoMmax	0.65	0.003	-		−0.29	0.234	−0.12	0.636
L4-L5 IV-RoMmax	−0.64	0.004	−0.29	0.234	-		0.15	0.558
L5-S1 IV-RoMmax	−0.35	0.157	−0.12	0.636	0.15	0.558	-
L2-L3 Initial attainment rate	0.20	0.419	0.14	0.58	−0.09	0.713	0.21	0.403
L3-L4 Initial attainment rate	−0.18	0.465	−0.11	0.668	0.17	0.512	0.73	0.001
L4-L5 Initial attainment rate	−0.53	0.023	−0.64	0.004	0.59	0.009	0.02	0.949
L5-S1 Initial attainment rate	0.05	0.852	−0.02	0.938	0.07	0.776	0.42	0.079

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