[Studies on dynamic posture in normal persons and scoliotic patients].
Dynamic posture of 127 normal males, 144 normal females and 68 scoliotic patients was studied by a system utilizing Moiré topography, a video recorder and Apple II microcomputer system. The normal group was divided into five subgroups by age and the scoliotic group into three subgroups according to the Cobb angle. The following results were obtained: The clockwise rotation during on-the-spot marching was larger in early juvenile females. The rotation movement during on-the-spot marching was almost symmetrical in normal individuals older than seven years of age. In scoliotic patients, the trunk movement during on-the-spot marching was asymmetric. The angle of rotation during on-the-spot marching was significantly larger in scoliotic patients than in normal adolescent females. A propensity was found that the greater the scoliosis curve was the less was the rotation angle of the trunk during on-the-spot marching.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007368:Interferometry; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D010780:Photogrammetry; D011187:Posture; D012016:Reference Values; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000503:physiopathology*