Rib index is a strong surrogate of scoliometric reading in idiopathic scoliosis.
Theodoros B GrivasNikola JevticDanka LjubojevicSamra PjanicFilip GolicChristina MaziotiDespina PapagianniAristea MamzariElias VasiliadisPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2024)
It was suggested that as long as the patients doesn't have scoliometer measurements, the SRI, could be used as a surrogate for scoliometry. It was also found that in thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbar level, in both genders, changing from the flexed position to the standing position, the mean trunk asymmetry (TA) decreases. Therefore, if these patients had their TA measured using a scoliometer during the Adams test, their body asymmetry would have been greater than that measured using the SRI method on standing LSR. Consequently, it is evident that the significantly correlated SRI used as a surrogate for the scoliometric assessment of TA is reasonably a strong surrogate.