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Table 1
Table 2
Tabl-e 3
The Result of Mid-High-Heeled Footwear on Young Adult Women

Table 1

Summary of distributions for all the angles .
Parameter
Distribution
Minimum
[°]
Hinge [°]
Median
[°]
Lower-
Upper-
Hinge [°]
Maximum
[°]
Thoracic kyphosis angle
Lumbar lordosis angle
Pelvic inclination angle
Vertical balance angle
Barefoot
11.5
24.8
32.5
35.5
47.0
High Heels
12.9
25.3
31.1
36.8
47.7
Barefoot
15.1
28.7
33.8
40.5
50.6
High Heels
14.0
26.4
32.6
39.0
50.0
Barefoot
16.5
25.2
28.5
31.8
37.6
High Heels
15.1
23.0
26.8
31.5
36.6
Barefoot
0.0
2.6
3.5
5.3
10.0
High Heels
−1.1
1.2
2.4
4.0
9.7

Table 2

Intraclass Correlation Coefficient ( ICC 3 , 3 ) for barefoot measurements .
Parameter
ICC 3 , 3
Thoracic kyphosis angle
0.94
Lumbar lordosis angle 0.99 Pelvic inclination angle 0.96 Vertical balance angle 0.98

Tabl-e 3

Wilcoxon signed rank test results and effect size .
Parameter
Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test ( Heels vs . Barefoot , Paired )
Matched Pairs Rank-Biserial Correlation
Thoracic kyphosis angle
W = 547 , p = 0.13
0.23 ( small )
Lumbar lordosis angle
W = 620 , p = 0.40
−0.13 ( small )
Pelvic inclination angle ***
W = 201 , p < 0.001
−0.72 ( medium to large )
Vertical balance angle ***
W = 51 , p < 0.001
−0.93 ( large )
*** p < 0.001 .
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