Can posture analysis point towards curve progression in scoliotic subjects?

• Published in: Studies in health technology and informatics Vol. 123; p. 201
• Main Authors: Chockalingam, Nachiappan, Rahmatalla, Aziz, Dangerfield, Peter, Ahmed, El-Nasri
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 2006
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Disease Progression; England; Female; Humans; Male; Posture - physiology; Scoliosis - physiopathology; Walking - physiology; England

Previous research employing biomechanical measurement has demonstrated asymmetries in kinematics and kinetics. Similar asymmetries have been reported from anthropometric studies. These findings suggest that asymmetry may play an important aetiological role in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). T...