Table 2 Comparison of ROM at each intervertebral level between the current study and Shim et al.’s study
Intervertebral level | ROM (degrees) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flexion | Extension | Left bending | Right bending | Left rotation | Right rotation | |||||||
Current | Shim | Current | Shim | Current | Shim | Current | Shim | Current | Shim | Current | Shim | |
L2–3 | 5.494 | 4.7 (1) | 3.946 | 3.6 (0.5) | 3.202 | 3.3 (0.3) | 3.374 | 3.3 (0.3) | 4.532 | 4.1 (1.1) | 4.394 | 4.1 (1.1) |
L3–4 | 3.592 | 4.2 (0.8) | 2.492 | 2.9 (0.5) | 4.0337 | 3.5 (1) | 4.2973 | 3.5 (1) | 2.796 | 2.8 (0.6) | 2.7101 | 2.8 (0.6) |
L4–5 | 5.907 | 5.4 (0.9) | 3.134 | 3.8 (1) | 3.804 | 4.4 (1.1) | 3.437 | 4.4 (1.1) | 3.712 | 3.8 (1) | 3.930 | 3.8 (1) |