Table 5 Spinal sagittal alignment.

From: Clinical characteristics of geriatric patients with non-specific chronic low back pain

 

CLBP

Control

p-value

N

203

203

 

LL (degree)

26.76 ± 13.06

30.12 ± 13.54

0.024

SS (degree)

23.42 ± 9.03

24.30 ± 10.38

0.364

ROM (degree)

25.03 ± 11.35

26.16 ± 10.52

0.301

TK (degree)

36.38 ± 11.53

36.45 ± 11.60

0.954

SVA (mm)

77.87 ± 54.82

61.86 ± 45.49

0.006

PT (degree)

27.65 ± 11.01

22.16 ± 10.52

< 0.001

PI (degree)

51.12 ± 11.78

48.13 ± 12.65

0.019

PI minus LL (degree)

24.20 ± 15.09

19.72 ± 14.80

0.004

Spinopelvic mismatch cases (%)

164 (83.2)

127 (73.0)

0.022

  1. Spinopelvic mismatch was determined as PI-LL ≧ 10°.
  2. CLBP chronic low back pain, LL lumbar lordosis, SS sacral slope, ROM range of motion in lumbar spine, TK thoracic kyphosis, SVA sagittal vertical axis, PT pelvic tilt, PI pelvic incidence.
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