Table 2 Dynamics of the changes in body posture parameters in the study group
From: Changes in the body posture of women occurring with age
Variable | Age group: 60–70 years n = 50 | Age group: 71–80 years n = 45 | Age group: 81–90 years n = 35 | Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
x | x | Me | s | x | Me | s | x | Me | s | p |
ALPHA [°] | 25.18 | 13.50 | 25.83 | 22.91 | 14.50 | 25.39 | 25.28 | 14.10 | 27.48 | 0.9999 |
BETA [°] | 5.36 | 5.20 | 3.35 | 4.63 | 3.40 | 4.01 | 8.32 | 6.30 | 6.76 | 0.1436 |
GAMMA [°] | 38.42 | 47.30 | 22.66 | 40.97 | 30.40 | 24.19 | 54.28 | 68.10 | 20.74 | 0.0204 |
KPT [°] | -10.68 | -8.00 | 15.74 | -11.55 | -9.70 | 19.25 | -17.89 | -16.20 | 18.12 | 0.1708 |
KKP [°] | 138.82 | 125.70 | 22.27 | 139.39 | 152.20 | 22.57 | 133.68 | 126.70 | 18.34 | 0.5192 |
GKP [mm] | -0.47 | 2.30 | 16.34 | -10.88 | -12.80 | 19.28 | -27.16 | -27.10 | 21.02 | 0.0001 |
KLL [°] | 184.44 | 168.60 | 34.43 | 183.88 | 170.70 | 33.59 | 196.51 | 180.00 | 34.41 | 0.0040 |
GLL [mm] | -8.93 | -10.50 | 11.14 | -7.09 | -7.50 | 12.97 | 8.15 | 9.00 | 20.29 | 0.0075 |
KNT [°] | -0.02 | -0.30 | 1.16 | 0.49 | 0.40 | 1.21 | -0.08 | 0.60 | 2.57 | 0.2424 |
KLB [mm] | 1.81 | 0.00 | 9.04 | 4.47 | 0.90 | 11.35 | 1.28 | 1.90 | 9.77 | 0.6050 |
UL [mm] | 2.82 | 1.90 | 8.22 | 5.22 | 9.50 | 12.69 | -5.82 | -3.80 | 21.34 | 0.0318 |
UB [mm] | -0.72 | 0.00 | 7.48 | -0.85 | -3.00 | 9.73 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 10.47 | 0.8803 |
OL [mm] | -4.65 | -4.80 | 11.20 | -0.99 | 0.10 | 11.89 | -5.37 | -5.70 | 18.32 | 0.3376 |
UK [mm] | -0.17 | 1.00 | 5.63 | -1.73 | -4.40 | 6.19 | 0.05 | -1.90 | 7.65 | 0.3656 |