Upper body posture in Latin American dancers: a quantitative cross-sectional study comparing different postures

Wanke, Eileen M.; Mörl-Kreitschmann, Manja; Holzgreve, Fabian; Groneberg, David; Ohlendorf, Daniela

doi:10.1186/s13102-023-00672-w

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

Table 3 Representation of the medians and the 1st and 3rd quartiles of all upper body posture parameters divided into the spine, shoulder and pelvis areas

From: Upper body posture in Latin American dancers: a quantitative cross-sectional study comparing different postures

	p-value Friedman test		p-value Conover-Iman test (Bonferroni-Holm correction)		Position comparision
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Spine parameter
Trunk length D (mm)	0.001	0.001		0.001		1 versus 2
			0.001	0.001	1 versus 3	1 versus 3
			0.001	0.001	1 versus 5	1 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	2 versus 3	2 versus 3
				0.001		2 versus 4
			0.01	0.01	2 versus 5	2 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	3 versus 4	3 versus 4
			0.01	0.01		3 versus 5
				0.001	4 versus 5	4 versus 5
Trunk length S (mm)	0.001	0.001		0.05		1 versus 2
			0.001	0.001	1 versus 3	1 versus 3
				0.05		1 versus 4
			0.001	0.001	1 versus 5	1 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	2 versus 3	2 versus 3
				0.001		2 versus 4
			0.001	0.02	2 versus 5	2 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	3 versus 4	3 versus 4
				0.02		3 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	4 versus 5	4 versus 5
Sagittal trunk decline (°)	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	1 versus 3	1 versus 3
			0.001	0.001	1 versus 5	1 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	2 versus 3	2 versus 3
						2 versus 4
			0.001	0.001	2 versus 5	2 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	3 versus 4	3 versus 4
			0.001	0.001		3 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	4 versus 5	4 versus 5
Frontal trunk decline (°)	0.001	0.81	0.001		1 versus 5
			0.001		2 versus 5
			0.001		3 versus 5
			0.001		4 versus 5
Axis decline (°)	0.54	0.001		0.001		1 versus 5
				0.001		2 versus 5
				0.001		3 versus 5
						4 versus 5
Thoracic bending angle (°)	0.001	0.01	0.02		1 versus 3
			0.04		1 versus 5	1 versus 5
			0.05	0.01	3 versus 4	3 versus 4
Lumbar bending angle (°)	0.001	0.01		0.01		1 versus 2
			0.01		2 versus 3
				0.05	2 versus 5
			0.02		3 versus 5
Standard deviation lateral deviation (°)	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	1 versus 5	1 versus 5
			0.01	0.001	2 versus 5	2 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	3 versus 5	3 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	4 versus 5	4 versus 5
Standard deviation rotation (°)	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	1 versus 5	1 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	2 versus 5	2 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	3 versus 5	3 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	4 versus 5	4 versus 5
Kyphosis angle (°)	0.001	0.001	0.001		1 versus 2
			0.001	0.001	1 versus 3	1 versus 3
			0.001		1 versus 5
			0.001	0.03	2 versus 3	2 versus 3
			0.001		2 versus 4
			0.03		2 versus 5
			0.001		3 versus 4	3 versus 5
			0.001	0.02	4 versus 5	3 versus 5
Lordosis angle (°)	0.01	0.16	0.05		2 versus 5
Shoulder parameter
Scapular distance (mm)	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	1 versus 2
			0.001	0.001	1 versus 3
			0.02
			0.02	0.001	1 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	2 versus 3
			0.001	0.001	2 versus 4
			0.001	0.001	2 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	3 versus 4
			0.001	0.001	3 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	4 versus 5
Scapular height (mm)	0.35	0.01		0.04		1 versus 5
				0.02		3 versus 5
				0.01		4 versus 5
Scapular rotation (°)	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	1 versus 5	1 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	2 versus 5	2 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	3 versus 5	3 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	4 versus 5	4 versus 5
Right scapular angle (°)	0.13	0.09
Left scapular angle (°)	0.46	0.13
Pelvis parameter
Pelvic distance (mm)	0.05	0.03		0.02	1 versus 4
			0.04		2 versus 5
Pelvic height (°)	0.001	0.001	0.02	0.001	1 versus 5	1 versus 5
				0.001		2 versus 5
			0.001	0.001	3 versus 5	3 versus 5
			0.01	0.001	4 versus 5	4 versus 5
Pelvic torsion (°)	0.25	0.001		0.001		1 versus 5
				0.001		2 versus 5
				0.001		3 versus 5
				0.001		4 versus 5
Pelvic rotation (°)	0.001	0.03	0.001		1 versus 5
			0.03		2 versus 4
			0.001	0.05	2 versus 5	2 versus 5
			0.01		3 versus 4
			0.001	0.04	3 versus 5	3 versus 5
			0.01		4 versus 5

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