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Study Design.

Three-dimensional (3D) analysis of the spinopelvic alignment in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).

Objective.

To study the 3D pelvic alignment with respect to the spinal deformities in AIS subgroups.

Summary of Background Data.

Spinopelvic alignment is subject to change in scoliosis. Many sacropelvic parameters were developed to characterize spinopelvic alignment in the sagittal plane. However, not much is known about the 3D pelvic alignment with respect to the thoracic and lumbar spinal deformities in AIS.

Methods.

Eighty AIS subjects with right main thoracic (MT), 80 AIS with left thoracolumbar/lumbar (TL/L) curves, and 35 asymptomatic controls were included. Thoracic and lumbar Cobb angles, kyphosis, lordosis, pelvic incidence, pelvic tilt, and sacral slope were measured. Pelvic tilt and axial rotation in the coronal and transverse planes, respectively, were computed using the ipsilateral …