Computerized assessment of sagittal curvatures of the spine: Comparison between Cobb and tangent circles techniques

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 507-512

  Pinel Giroux, Fanny Maud ^a,b   Mac Thiong, Jean Marc ^a,b   De Guise, Jacques A ^c   Berthonnaud, Éric ^d   Labelle, Hubert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Lumbar lordosis; Posture; Radiographic analysis; Reproducibility; Sagittal balance; Spine; Thoracic kyphosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COBB METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TANGENT CIRCLES TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33749530208     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000211206.15997.dd     Document Type: Article

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