The Effects of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis on Axial Rotation of the Spine: A Study of Twisting Using Surface Topography

• Main Authors: Ankush Thakur (Author), Jessica H. Heyer (Author), Emily Wong (Author), Howard J. Hillstrom (Author), Benjamin Groisser (Author), Kira Page (Author), Caroline Gmelich (Author), Matthew E. Cunningham (Author), Roger F. Widmann (Author), M. Timothy Hresko (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Axial twisting of the spine has been previously shown to be affected by scoliosis with decreased motion and asymmetric twisting. Existing methods for evaluating twisting may be cumbersome, unreliable, or require radiation exposure. In this study, we present an automated surface topographic measureme...