Effect of curve location on the severity index for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a longitudinal cohort study.
Claudio VergariWafa SkalliKariman Abelin-GenevoisJean Claude BernardZongshan HuJack Chun Yiu ChengWinnie Chiu Wing ChuAyman AssiMohammad KaramIsmat GhanemTito BassaniFabio GalbuseraLuca Maria SconfienzaMarco Brayda-BrunoIsabelle CourtoisEric EbermeyerRaphael VialleTristan LanglaisJean DuboussetPublished in: European radiology (2021)
• The severity index of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis has the potential to detect patients with progressive scoliosis as early as the first exam. • Out of 205 patients, 82% were correctly classified as either stable or progressive by the severity index. • The location of the main curve had small effect on the predictive capability of the index.