What constitutes shoulder imbalance in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis? Aesthetic threshold for surgical correction

KV Menon, NS Tahasildar - World Neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
… Both camera and patient positions are marked on the floor. … - and intraobserver variability
and the effects of magnification. … axillary level differences despite near normal shoulder level. …

How Accurate are Anatomical Surface Topography Parameters in Indicating the Presence of a Scoliosis?

A Gardner, F Berryman, P Pynsent - Spine, 2024 - journals.lww.com
… These difficulties can lead to some adolescents missing out … of the 3D position of the
shoulders, axillae, waist and most … point has the greatest inter and intra observer variability in …

Is Shoulder Imbalance a Useful Parameter in the Screening of Idiopathic Scoliosis? A Preliminary Study

PAR Torres, AM Castilho, KRC Lopes… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
… parameter, it is of prime importance that the variability of what is classified as ‘normal’ is known,
… What is the variability in shoulder, axillae and waist position in a group of adolescents? J …

A description of three-dimensional shape of the posterior torso comparing those with and without scoliosis

A Gardner, F Berryman, P Pynsent - Symmetry, 2019 - mdpi.com
… symmetry of the shoulders, the axillae and the waist, along with … scoliotic cohort were (1)
adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, (2) … variability in position (otherwise known as the eigenvectors). …

Evaluation of self-perceived body image in adolescents with mild idiopathic scoliosis

G Belli, S Toselli, PM Latessa, M Mauro - European Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
… and posterior shoulders level, trunk position and waistline on … the Y axis, between shoulder,
axilla, and waist level) and three … was performed to describe the variability of SRS-22 domain …

Reliability of a New Digital Tool for Photographic Analysis in Quantifying Body Asymmetry in Scoliosis

J Pizones, L Moreno-Manzanaro, A Pupak… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
… In this study, we analyzed the observer variability of a newly … axillary folds; 2 waist points
located at the ‘minimal waist’, … back photographs of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients in …

An analysis of the shape of the spine and torso in those with and without scoliosis

AC Gardner - 2020 - etheses.bham.ac.uk
… the variability of normal shape during the adolescent growth … unequal shoulder height and
axillary height along with waist … age and the geographical location of collection of the source …

The relationship between minor coronal asymmetry of the spine and measures of spinal sagittal shape in adolescents without visible scoliosis

A Gardner, F Berryman, P Pynsent - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
… More recently, using a surface topography method, our group has observed differences in …
or similar position to allow imaging of the upper thoracic spine through the shoulder girdle 13 . …

[HTML][HTML] Cosmetic evaluation in type II congenital scoliosis with long-spanned curve: a case-matched comparison with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Y Xu, C Liu, D Li, Y Cai, Z Hu, Z Zhu… - Quantitative Imaging in …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… the higher axilla (l 1 ), the superior margins of the shoulders, … left and right axilla (m), the
superior margins of the waist, and … may still exist due to the variation in patients’ postures. Third, …

Evaluation of changes in shoulder balance and prediction of final shoulder imbalance during growing-rod treatment for early-onset scoliosis

Z Liu, T Liu, Y Hai, L Wu, JJ Hai, K Gao, X Guo… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2021 - Springer
… of the series of GR treatment steps on shoulder balance. … ’s shoulder balance is not in the
absolute neutral position, but … considering the substantial variation in treatment indications and …