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Comparative Study
. 1982 Jan-Feb;7(1):50-4.
doi: 10.1097/00007632-198200710-00006.

Nonstandard vertebral rotation in scoliosis screening patients. Its prevalence and relation to the clinical deformity

G W Armstrong, N B Livermore 3rd, N Suzuki, J G Armstrong
Comparative Study

Nonstandard vertebral rotation in scoliosis screening patients. Its prevalence and relation to the clinical deformity

G W Armstrong et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1982 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

A total of 6,321 school children were screened using Moiré topography in Ottawa in 1979. Analyses of 400 roentgenograms showed that 39% had rotation of a nonstandard variety. The most common type was rotation extending beyond the end vertebra by more than one level. Seven percent had rotation to the opposite side of the major curve; 4% showed asymmetry due to isolated vertebral rotation without any lateral curve. The correlation of the Moiré hump to the area of the lateral curve and vertebral rotation is recorded.

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