The rib cage: a new element in the spinopelvic chain.
Marc KhaliféClaudio VergariEmmanuelle FerreroValérie AttaliCécile HeidsieckAyman AssiWafa 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 (2022)
This study demonstrates the correlation between TC anatomy and spinopelvic parameters, confirming its part of the spinopelvic chain of balance. Indeed, higher spinal curvatures were associated with lower SPI and higher TC thickness, TC volume and rib absolute sagittal angles.
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