Assessment of malalignment at early stage in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a longitudinal cohort study.
Tristan LanglaisClaudio VergariGregoire RougereauMathilde GaumeLaurent GajnyKariman Abelin-GenevoisJean Claude BernardZongshan HuJack Chun Yiu ChengWinnie Chiu Wing ChuAyman AssiMohamad KaramIsmat GhanemTito BassaniFabio GalbuseraLuca Maria SconfienzaMarco Brayda-BrunoIsabelle CourtoisEric EbermeyerRaphael VialleJean DuboussetWafa SkalliPublished 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)
Analysis of OD-HA suggests that AIS patients are almost three times more likely to have malalignment compared with a non-scoliotic population. Furthermore, analysis of coronal OD-HA is promising to help the clinician distinguish between stable and progressive thoracic scoliosis.