ArticleScoliosis and spinal disorders2016
The effect of scoliotic deformity on spine kinematics in adolescents.
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- Segmental range-of-motion by vertebral level in fused and unfused patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review of the literature.Spine deformity · 2025Pooled it
- Thoracolumbar Biomechanical Analysis of Lenke Type 1 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Across Roussouly Classifications.JOR spine · 2025Article
- Biomechanical analysis of spinal range of motion and intervertebral disc loadings in normal and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis models.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- 3D octopus kinematics of complex postures: Translation to long, thin, soft devices and their potential for clinical use.PloS one · 2024Article
- EMG Validation of a Subject-Specific Thoracolumbar Spine Musculoskeletal Model During Dynamic Activities in Older Adults.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2023Article
- The Influence of Kinematic Constraints on Model Performance During Inverse Kinematics Analysis of the Thoracolumbar Spine.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021Article
- Changes in thoracic and lumbar spinal motions during running in a female with scoliosis.Journal of physical therapy science · 2019Article
- Lack of joint hypermobility increases the risk of surgery in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.Journal of pediatric orthopedics. Part B · 2018Observational
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Abstract
backgroundWhile adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) produces well characterized deformation in spinal form, the effect on spinal function, namely mobility, is not well known. Better understanding of scoliotic spinal mobility could yield better treatment targets and diagnoses. The purpose of this study was to characterize the spinal mobility differences due to AIS. It was hypothesized that the AIS group would exhibit reduced mobility compared to the typical adolescent (TA) group.
methodsEleven adolescents with right thoracic AIS, apices T6-T10, and eleven age- and gender-matched TAs moved to their maximum bent position in sagittal and coronal plane bending tasks. A Trakstar (Ascension Technologies Burlington, VT) was used to collect position data. The study was approved by the local IRB. Using MATLAB (MathWorks, Natick, MA) normalized segmental angles were calculated for upper thoracic (UT) from T1-T3, mid thoracic (MT) from T3-T6, lower thoracic (LT) from T6-T10, thoracolumbar (TL) from T10-L1, upper lumbar (UL) from L1-L3, and thoracic from T1-L1 by subtracting the standing position from the maximum bent position and dividing by number of motion units in each segment. Mann Whitney tests (α = 0.05) were used to determine mobility differences.
resultsThe findings indicated that the AIS group had comparatively increased mobility in the periapical regions of the spine. The AIS group had an increase of 1.2° in the mid thoracic region (
conclusionsParticipants with AIS did not have reduced mobility in sagittal or coronal motion. Contrarily, the AIS group often had a greater mobility, especially in segments directly above and below the apex. This indicates the scoliotic spine is flexible and may compensate near the apex.
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