Thoracic lordosis in idiopathic scoliosis.
Lordosis, a significant aspect of thoracic scoliosis, is difficult to assess with routine clinical radiographs. Computerized analysis of 138 sets of standardized anteroposterior and lateral radiographs served to elicit the three-dimensional structure of scoliosis. Spinal curvatures in the usual anatomic planes and in the sagittal and frontal planes of the apical vertebrae were measured. Lordosis was present in 35% of curves greater than or equal to 40 degrees and in 50% of curves greater than 49 degrees. Lordosis may be a contraindication for brace treatment.
Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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D000886:Anthropometry; D001915:Braces; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008141:Lordosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity