[The sagittal curvature of spine in idiopathic scoliosis--its morphological features and the correlation among sagittal and frontal curvatures and rotation of apical vertebra]

Abstract

The change in sagittal curvature especially in thoracic kyphosis of idiopathic scoliosis patients, was analyzed and discussed. Those patients who had scoliotic deformity with typical vertebral rotation only in thoracic spine (ST group), showed significant decrease compared to normal person in thoracic kyphosis, but no difference in lumbar lordosis. Those suffering from scoliotic deformities with typical vertebral rotation in thoracic and lumbar spine showed a significant decrease in thoracic kyphosis and an increase in lumbar lordosis. However those changes in sagittal curvature were not found in FT group patients, who had scoliotic deformity without vertebral rotation. In conclusion, it is not the frontal curvature but the vertebral rotation which influenced the sagittal curvature of spine in patients with idiopathic scoliosis.