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After measuring the sway angle while standing, the participants were divided into sway-back and non-sway-back groups (normal thoracic group). Each participant stood in a comfortable posture for 5 seconds with IMUs at the T1, T7, T12, L3, and S2 levels. Then, we measured the global and regional lumbar and thoracic angles and sacral inclination in the standing position. RESULTS: Although there was no difference in the global lumbar angle, there was a difference in regional lumbar angles between the two groups. The normal thoracic group had balanced lumbar lordosis between the upper and lower lordotic arcs, whereas the sway back group tended to have a flat upper lumbar angle and increased lower lumbar angle. 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