20 July 2024 : Clinical Research
Frontal Plane Body Posture as a Predictor of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Amateur Athletes: A Comprehensive Study of 89 Participants Over 12 Months
Katarzyna Kochan-Jacheć1ABCDEF, Dawid Koźlenia
1BCDEF*, Tomasz Sipko 2CDEF
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.944810
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e944810
Table 1 Descriptive statistics of anthropometrical and body posture measurements. Unpaired t test results.
| Variable | Males | Females | P | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | −95% CI | 95% CI | SD | Mean | −95% CI | 95% CI | SD | ||
| Age [years] | 21.32 | 20.97 | 21.67 | 1.10 | 20.82 | 20.64 | 21.00 | 0.62 | 0.008* |
| BH [cm] | 1.82 | 1.80 | 1.84 | 0.06 | 1.68 | 1.66 | 1.70 | 0.06 | 0.000* |
| BW [kg] | 79.42 | 76.83 | 82.01 | 8.21 | 58.96 | 56.71 | 61.21 | 7.76 | 0.000* |
| BMI [km/m] | 23.89 | 23.26 | 24.52 | 2.00 | 20.91 | 20.29 | 21.53 | 2.14 | 0.000* |
| SSA [mm] | 7.60 | 5.76 | 9.44 | 5.84 | 6.70 | 4.96 | 8.44 | 5.99 | 0.475 |
| LSAS [mm] | 5.53 | 4.09 | 6.97 | 4.58 | 5.22 | 4.03 | 6.41 | 4.10 | 0.735 |
| LSPD [mm] | 8.49 | 6.53 | 10.44 | 6.19 | 8.26 | 6.63 | 9.90 | 5.62 | 0.861 |
| PSIS [mm] | 1.63 | 1.05 | 2.21 | 1.85 | 2.02 | 1.40 | 2.64 | 2.14 | 0.368 |
| PTA [mm] | 4.16 | 3.50 | 4.82 | 2.08 | 4.05 | 3.32 | 4.77 | 2.49 | 0.819 |
| BH – body height; BW – body weight; BMI – body mass index; SSA – differences in the height of the acromion; LSAS – the difference in the height of the lower angles of the scapula; LSPD – the difference in the distance of the lower angles of the scapula from the spine; PSIS – differences in the height of the posterior superior iliac spine; PTA – the maximum deviation of the spinous process line from the C7–S1 line. * Statistically significant | |||||||||