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Validity of a Quantitative Clinical Measurement Tool of Trunk Posture in Idiopathic Scoliosis
- Source :
- Spine. 35:E988-E994
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2010.
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Abstract
- STUDY DESIGN: Concurrent validity between postural indices obtained from digital photographs (two-dimensional [2D]), surface topography imaging (three-dimensional [3D]), and radiographs. OBJECTIVE: To assess the validity of a quantitative clinical postural assessment tool of the trunk based on photographs (2D) as compared to a surface topography system (3D) as well as indices calculated from radiographs. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: To monitor progression of scoliosis or change in posture over time in young persons with idiopathic scoliosis (IS), noninvasive and nonionizing methods are recommended. In a clinical setting, posture can be quite easily assessed by calculating key postural indices from photographs. METHODS: Quantitative postural indices of 70 subjects aged 10 to 20 years old with IS (Cobb angle, 15 degrees -60 degrees) were measured from photographs and from 3D trunk surface images taken in the standing position. Shoulder, scapula, trunk list, pelvis, scoliosis, and waist angles indices were calculated with specially designed software. Frontal and sagittal Cobb angles and trunk list were also calculated on radiographs. The Pearson correlation coefficients (r) was used to estimate concurrent validity of the 2D clinical postural tool of the trunk with indices extracted from the 3D system and with those obtained from radiographs. RESULTS: The correlation between 2D and 3D indices was good to excellent for shoulder, pelvis, trunk list, and thoracic scoliosis (0.81>rr
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors
Adolescent
Radiography
Posture
Concurrent validity
Scoliosis
Severity of Illness Index
Young Adult
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Scapula
Predictive Value of Tests
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
Photography
medicine
Humans
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Child
Pelvis
Cobb angle
business.industry
Quebec
Reproducibility of Results
medicine.disease
Trunk
Spine
Sagittal plane
medicine.anatomical_structure
Disease Progression
Female
Neurology (clinical)
business
Software
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03622436
- Volume :
- 35
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Spine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4c107574d40143d9304a261d44552f20