Comparison of sagittal spinopelvic alignment in Chinese adolescents with and without idiopathic thoracic scoliosis

• Published in: Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) Vol. 37; no. 12; p. E714
• Main Authors: Yong, Qiu, Zhen, Liu, Zezhang, Zhu, Bangping, Qian, Feng, Zhu, Tao, Wu, Jun, Jiang, Xu, Sun, Xusheng, Qiu, Weiwei, Ma, Weijun, Wang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 20.05.2012
• Subjects: Adolescent; Analysis of Variance; Bone Malalignment - diagnostic imaging; Bone Malalignment - epidemiology; Bone Malalignment - ethnology; Child; China; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Incidence; Lordosis - diagnostic imaging; Lordosis - epidemiology; Lordosis - ethnology; Lumbar Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Pelvic Bones - diagnostic imaging; Radiography; Retrospective Studies; Scheuermann Disease - diagnostic imaging; Scheuermann Disease - epidemiology; Scheuermann Disease - ethnology; Scoliosis - complications; Scoliosis - diagnostic imaging; Scoliosis - ethnology; Spine - diagnostic imaging; Thoracic Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging

A retrospective radiographical study investigated the sagittal alignment in healthy Chinese girls and Chinese girls with idiopathic thoracic scoliosis (T-AIS). To evaluate the sagittal alignment of the pelvis and spine in Chinese girls with idiopathic scoliosis and healthy girls and to assess whethe...