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ArticleAmerican journal of translational research2021

Gender differences in degenerative lumbar scoliosis spine flexibilities.

Jie Zheng, Boyle Cheng, Daniel Cook, Yonghong Yang

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Article in American journal of translational research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jie ZhengFirst Department of Orthopaedics, The 903 Hospital of PLA No. 14 Lingyin Road, Hangzhou 310012, Zhejiang, China.
Boyle ChengDepartment of Neurosurgery, Spine and Biomechanics Laboratory, Allegheny Health Network No. 320 East North Avenue, Pittsburgh 15212, PA, USA.
Daniel CookDepartment of Neurosurgery, Spine and Biomechanics Laboratory, Allegheny Health Network No. 320 East North Avenue, Pittsburgh 15212, PA, USA.
Yonghong YangFirst Department of Orthopaedics, The 903 Hospital of PLA No. 14 Lingyin Road, Hangzhou 310012, Zhejiang, China.
Allegheny Health Network · USFirst Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe incidence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is higher in girls, but spine deformities are more severe in boys. We aimed to identify gender differences of mechanical factors involved in adult degenerative scoliosis (DS).

methods20 male (60.35±6.77 years) and 19 female (58.89±9.15 years) specimens of cadaveric lumbar spines were divided into 3 groups comprised of a Cobb angle >10° (DS), a Cobb angle <10° but >3° (pre-degenerative scoliosis (PS)) and intervertebral disc angles <3° in which the Cobb angle could not be measured (non-degenerative scoliosis (NS)), respectively. Spine data were collected for flexion/extension (FE), lateral bending (LB), axial torsion (AT), range of motion (ROM), neutral zone (NZ) and the neutral zone ratio (NZR).

resultsThere was no significant difference regarding the severity of DS between male and female specimens. Only in males were ROM

conclusionsIn lumbar scoliosis specimens, the rigidness of spines was higher in males than in females and more pronounced in right than in left scoliosis, but only in males.

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Biomechanicsdegenerative scoliosisdevelopmentinitial scoliosis natureoccurrence

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PMID35035737
PMCPMC8748112
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