TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ohlendorf, Daniela Maren
A1  - Kaya, Ugur
A1  - Goecke, Julian
A1  - Oremek, Gerhard
A1  - Ackermann, Hanns
A1  - Groneberg, Jan David Alexander
T1  - Standard reference values of the upper body posture in healthy male adults aged between 31 and 40 years in Germany-an observational study
T2  - Journal of physiological anthropology
N2  - Background: In order to classify and analyze the parameters of upper body posture, a baseline in the form of standard values is demanded. To this date, standard values have only been published for healthy men aged 18–35 and 41–50 years. Data for male adults aged between 31 and 40 years are lacking.
Methods: The postural parameters of 101 symptom-free male volunteers aged 31–40 (35.58 ± 2.88) years were studied. The mean height of the men was 179.89 ± 7.38 cm, with a mean body weight of 86.36 ± 11.58 kg and an average BMI of 26.70 ± 3.35 kg/m2. By means of video rasterstereography, a 3-dimensional scan of the upper back surface was measured in a habitual standing position. The means or medians, confidence interval, tolerance range, and group comparisons and correlations of BMI and physical activity were calculated for all parameters.
Results: The habitual standing position was found to be almost symmetrical and the axis aligned in the spine, pelvis, and shoulder region, while the spine position was marginally inclined ventrally. The kyphosis angle of the thoracic spine was greater than the lordosis angle of the lumbar spine. All deviations fell under the measurement error margin of 1 mm/1°. The greater the BMI, the greater was the pelvic and scapular distance. The lower the BMI, the further caudally positioned was the right shoulder. The pelvic and scapular distances were also lower with the increasing athleticism of the participants.
Conclusion: The upper body posture of men between the ages of 31 and 40 years was found to be almost symmetrical and axis-conforming, with the kyphosis angle, pelvic distance, and shoulder distance enlarging with increasing BMI. Consequently, postural parameters presented in this survey allow for comparisons with other studies, as well as the evaluation of clinical diagnostics and applications.
KW  - Upper body posture
KW  - Healthy men
KW  - Video rasterstereography
KW  - Standard value
KW  - BMI
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/69773
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-697738
SN  - 1880-6805
N1  - The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
N1  - Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
VL  - 40
IS  - art. 17
SP  - 1
EP  - 11
PB  - J-STAGE
CY  - Kawaguchi
ER  -