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Table 5 Correlation between the AVSI in the PEP and the Cobb angles

From: The role of the paraspinal muscles in the development of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis based on surface electromyography and radiographic analysis

 

HSP-Cobb

(r, p)

RPP-Cobb

(r, p)

PEP-Cobb

(r, p)

Total cohort (n = 27)

(0.317, 0.107)

(0.310, 0.115)

(0.347, 0,076)

Group A (PEP-Cobb < RPP-Cobb) (n = 13)

(0.527, 0.064)

(0.484, 0.094)

(0.682, 0.010)*

Group B (PEP-Cobb > RPP-Cobb) (n = 14)

(0.305, 0.288)

(0.219, 0.452)

(0.262, 0.365)

  1. HSP-Cobb: Cobb angle in the habitual standing position; RPP-Cobb: Cobb angle in the relaxed prone position; PEP-Cobb: Cobb angle in the prone extension position; Group A (PEP-Cobb < RPP-Cobb): patients in whom the PEP-Cobb is smaller than or equal to the RPP-Cobb; Group B (PEP-Cobb > RPP-Cobb): patients in whom the PEP-Cobb is greater than the RPP-Cobb
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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