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Baseball players with spondylolysis were enrolled as subjects, and baseball players without low back pain were enrolled as controls (n = 8 each). X-rays were obtained in the standing position and with maximal elevation position of the upper limb (elevation position). LL and SS were measured in the standing and elevated positions, and TK was measured in the standing position. LL was significantly larger in individuals with spondylolysis than controls. The SS of the control group was significantly larger in the elevated position than in the standing position, while the SS of the spondylolysis group was not significantly different between positions. SS was significantly larger in the spondylolysis group than in the control group, only in the standing position. Physical therapy for spondylolysis should focus on hyperlordosis alignment in the standing and maximal elevation positions of both upper limbs, sacral hyper-slope alignment in the standing position, and decreased sacral slope motion.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph20043231","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,13]],"date-time":"2023-02-13T03:07:57Z","timestamp":1676257677000},"page":"3231","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Spine Alignment in Standing and Maximal Upper Limb Elevation in Baseball Players with Lumbar Spondylolysis and Those without Low Back Pain"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Kanta","family":"Matsuzawa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Marutamachi Rehabilitation Clinic, Kyoto 604-8405, Japan"},{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-0951, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tomoyuki","family":"Matsui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Marutamachi Rehabilitation Clinic, Kyoto 604-8405, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2899-3385","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yoshikazu","family":"Azuma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Marutamachi Rehabilitation Clinic, Kyoto 604-8405, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tetsuya","family":"Miyazaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Marutamachi Rehabilitation Clinic, Kyoto 604-8405, Japan"},{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-0951, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Machiko","family":"Hiramoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Marutamachi Rehabilitation Clinic, Kyoto 604-8405, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ruo","family":"Hashimoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Marutamachi Rehabilitation Clinic, Kyoto 604-8405, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7669-6719","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Noriyuki","family":"Kida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-0951, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Toru","family":"Morihara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Marutamachi Rehabilitation Clinic, Kyoto 604-8405, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"219","DOI":"10.1080\/15438627.2017.1282361","article-title":"Prevalence and proposed mechanisms of chronic low back pain in baseball: Part i","volume":"25","author":"Wasser","year":"2017","journal-title":"Res. 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