Trial reportEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2019
Cobb angle measurement with a conventional convex echography probe and a smartphone.
Trial report in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Exploring radiation-free scoliosis monitoring: systematic review and meta-analysis of non-ionizing methods.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound imaging for quantitative assessment of frontal cobb angles in patients with idiopathic scoliosis - a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Bone-enhanced 3D ultrasound: a non-ionizing alternative for pediatric scoliosis assessment.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025Article
- Comparison of Cobb angle measurements for scoliosis assessment using different imaging modalities: a systematic review.EFORT open reviews · 2023Article
- 3D Ultrasound Imaging of the Spine.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2022Article
- 3D ultrasound imaging provides reliable angle measurement with validity comparable to X-ray in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.Journal of orthopaedic translation · 2021Article
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Abstract
background contextSerial X-rays are needed during the follow-up of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. They are done every 6 or 3 months in cases of high risk of progression. Thanks to the advances in ultrasound techniques, deformity measurement systems free from ionizing radiations have been validated, although spinal surgeons did not use them routinely due to the need of special software.
objectiveThe aim of our work is to assess the reproducibility and correlation of an ultrasound measuring system based on the positioning of the transverse processes. STUDY
designProspective, single center, randomized, triple blinded.
methodsTwo independent researchers trained in ultrasound examined the spinal deformities of 31 children. The measurements were compared against those performed with an X-ray by three scoliosis expert surgeons. Statistics were performed by an independent researcher. Parametric methods were used.
resultsWe found a 95% [(0.91-0.97) p < 2.2e
conclusionsAn approximation of the Cobb angle measure is possible with ultrasound by using the transverse processes as reference. This is a very rapid and simple system for assessing the principal spinal deformity measure in young people, although it does not allow estimating the associated axial or sagittal rotation. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.
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