Items | Normal adults | Scoliotic adults | ||||
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male (n = 76) | female(n = 50) | P value | male (n = 54) | female (n = 63) | P value | |
Sagittal postural patterns (n, percent) | ||||||
Roussouly 1 | 37 (23.7%) | 23 (22.1%) | 0.686 | 12 (20.3%) | 13 (18.8%) | 0.044* |
Roussouly 2 | 28 (17.9%) | 10 (9.6%) | 9 (15.3%) | 13 (18.8%) | ||
Roussouly 3 | 70 (44.9%) | 54 (51.9%) | 20 (33.9%) | 38 (55.1%) | ||
Roussouly 4 | 21 (13.5%) | 17 (16.3%) | 18 (30.5%) | 5 (7.2%) | ||
C7-subgroups (n, percent) | ||||||
C7-anterior | 5 (6.6%) | 1 (2.0%) | 0.401 | 17 (34.5%) | 12 (19.0%) | 0.120 |
C7-posterior | 71 (93.4%) | 49 (98.0%) | 37 (65.5%) | 51 (81%) |