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Does vestibular input affect body posture alterations? Cover

Does vestibular input affect body posture alterations?

Open Access
|Mar 2019

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

Evaluation of body posture

The frequency of incorrect elements of the body posture occurrence with the consideration of sex

SexHeadShouldersScapulaFunnel chestPigeon chestAbdomenIncreased kyphosisReduced kyphosisIncreased lordosisScoliosisGenu varusFlat foot
Girls40100%3793%3383%2768%25%3280%25%2153%2153%923%1948%2563%
Boys25100%1040%1144%2080%14%2080%936%1040%416%1040%1560%2184%
Total65100%4772%4468%4772%35%5280%1117%3148%2539%1929%3452%4671%

The correlation between SCPNT results and faulty body posture parameters

The duration of nystagmus following rotation sideHead protractionAsymmetry or protraction of shouldersFlattened thoracic kyphosisIncreased thoracic kyphosisIncreased lumbar lordosis
LeftrS=0.66p=0.148rS=0.85p=0.604rS=0.28p=0.120rS=1.00p=0.664rS=1.00p=0.432
RightrS=0.30p=0.083rS=0.46p=0.804rS=1.00p=0.707rS=1.00p=0.515rS=0.62p=0.033

SCPNT results in relations to side of the following rotation and sex

Duration of the nystagmus following left rotationDuration of the nystagmus following right rotation
< 8s> 12 s8 – 12 s< 8s> 12s8 – 12 s
Girls1025%1435%1640%1025%1230%1845%
Boys1560%520%520%1456%520%624%
Total2539%1929%2132%2437%1726%2437%

The obtained time of SCPNT in relations to side of following rotation and gender

GirlsBoys
Rotation to the left (s)Rotation to the right (s)Rotation to the left (s)Rotation to the right (s)
Median(min-max*)10.75(4.45-20)11.394(5.53-31.41)8.749(3.196-26.68)8.289(2.38-24.34)
Language: English
Page range: 37 - 44
Published on: Mar 20, 2019
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© 2019 Natalia Skowron, Roksana Malak, Magdalena Roszak, Monika Matecka, Włodzimierz Szamborski, published by University of Physical Education in Warsaw
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