Table 5

Average angles and translations measured for both VMA and FE imaging radiographs in the agreement dataset.

Panel A. IVR measured in degrees (°)
FEVMA (Standing)VMA (Lying)Δ VMA (Standing)-FEΔ VMA (Lying)-FE
LevelMeanStd DevMeanStd DevMeanStd DevMeanStd DevMeanStd Dev
L1-L26.31.89.14.210.33.32.8**2.44.0***1.5
L2-L37.12.212.25.19.83.55 1***2.92 7**1.3
L3-L47.92.111.63.810.23.63.7**1.72 3**1.5
L4-L510.22.712.34.69.73.82.1**1.90.51.1
L5-S19.43.810.25.111.13.90.81.31.7*0.1
Average8.22.511.14.610.23.62.9**2.02.2**1.1
Panel B. IVT in percentage vertebral body depth (%)
FEVMA (Standing)VMA (Lying)Δ VMA (Standing)-FEΔ VMA (Lying)-FE
LevelMeanStd DevMeanStd DevMeanStd DevMeanStd DevMeanStd Dev
L1-L25.11.56.22.95.91.91.1*1.40.80.4
L2-L35.81.16.43.77.42.20.62.61.6*1.1
L3-L46.21.47.54.18.72.81.3*2.72.5**1.4
L4-L57.11.86.45.38.93.10.73.51.8*1.3
L5-S17.82.86.93.23.22.20.9*0.44.60***0.6
Average6.41.76.73.86.82.40.9*2.12.3**1.0
  • Panel A reports IVR measured in degrees (o) and Panel B reports IVT in percentage vertebral body depth (%). Student t-test where

  • *** p < 0.01

  • ** p < 0.05

  • * p < 0.1