Radiation-free measurement tools to evaluate sagittal parameters in AIS patients: a reliability and validity study.

Anne Tabard-Fougère Alice Bonnefoy-Mazure Amira DhouibRaimonda ValaikaiteAnisoara Paraschiv-Ionescu Romain Dayer

Published 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 (2019)

This study demonstrated that for the RAST and INCL in AIS patients, there was (1) an excellent reliability for the TK and LL, (2) a high-to-moderate validity for measuring the TK and (3) a moderate and low validity for measuring the LL, respectively. These radiation-free systems could be used for the clinical follow-up of AIS patients for the evaluation of the TK. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
radiation therapy