Spine and Back-shape Changes in Scoliosis

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Journal Acta Orthop Scand

Specialty Orthopedics

Date 1988 Apr 1

PMID 3364179

Citations 6

Authors

I A Stokes

M S Moreland

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Abstract

Thirty-five untreated patients with scoliosis were studied by Cobb radiography and back-surface photogrammetry on each of at least two clinic visits. Also, the maximum vertebral axial rotation was measured. Each pair of patient visits was classified as showing either a progression, improvement, or no change in the scoliosis using a threshold of 5 degrees change in the Cobb angle. The computer Cobb measurement was the most precise measurement, and the back-surface measurements were the least precise. The Cobb measurement of scoliosis is the most precise for detecting small changes, but can be improved by a computerized analysis of digitized radiographs.

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