Surface topography demonstrates gradual improvement in spinal range of motion in all three planes following posterior spinal fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

• Published in: European spine journal Vol. 34; no. 5; pp. 1869 - 1876
• Main Authors: Adhiyaman, Akshitha, Thakur, Ankush, Wisch, Jenna L., Zucker, Colson P., Hillstrom, Howard, Groisser, Benjamin N., Linden, Gabriel S., Mintz, Douglas N., Cunningham, Matthew E., Haddas, Ram, Hresko, M. Timothy, Blanco, John S., Widmann, Roger F., Heyer, Jessica H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Back surgery; Child; Female; Humans; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neurosurgery; Original Article; Pain; Patients; Range of motion; Range of Motion, Articular - physiology; Retrospective Studies; Scoliosis; Scoliosis - diagnostic imaging; Scoliosis - physiopathology; Scoliosis - surgery; Self image; Spinal Fusion - methods; Surgical Orthopedics; Thoracic Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Thoracic Vertebrae - surgery; Thorax; Topography; Treatment Outcome; Vertebrae; Young Adult; Selective thoracic fusion; Range of motion; Surface topography; Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Nonselective thoracic fusion

Introduction After posterior spinal fusion (PSF) for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), there is alteration in trunk range of motion (ROM) in the coronal, sagittal and axial planes. Previous studies have shown that ROM decreases with increased number of levels fused, which may affect the ROM bet...