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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Validity and Absolute Reliability of the Cobb Angle in Idiopathic Scoliosis with TraumaMeter Software.

José Hurtado-Avilés, Fernando Santonja-Medina, Vicente J León-Muñoz, Pilar Sainz de Baranda, Mónica Collazo-Diéguez, Mercedes Cabañero-Castillo, Ana B Ponce-Garrido, Victoria Eugenia Fuentes-Santos, Fernando Santonja-Renedo, Miriam González-Ballester and 6 more

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  5. Defining "successful" treatment outcomes in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a scoping review.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 · 2023
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José Hurtado-AvilésSports & Musculoskeletal System Research Group (RAQUIS), University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
Fernando Santonja-MedinaSports & Musculoskeletal System Research Group (RAQUIS), University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3593-3287
Vicente J León-MuñozDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital General Universitario Reina Sofía, 30003 Murcia, Spain.
Pilar Sainz de BarandaSports & Musculoskeletal System Research Group (RAQUIS), University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1379-5151
Mónica Collazo-DiéguezSports & Musculoskeletal System Research Group (RAQUIS), University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
Mercedes Cabañero-CastilloDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, General Hospital, Almansa, 02640 Albacete, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6129-3159
Ana B Ponce-GarridoDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, General Hospital, Almansa, 02640 Albacete, Spain.
Victoria Eugenia Fuentes-SantosSports & Musculoskeletal System Research Group (RAQUIS), University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
Fernando Santonja-Renedo"La Vega Lorenzo Guirao" Hospital, 30530 Cieza, Spain.
Miriam González-BallesterMedicine Faculty, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
Francisco Javier Sánchez-MartínezMedicine Faculty, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
Pietro Gino FioritaMedicine Faculty, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3664-5471
Jose Manuel Sanz-MengibarSports & Musculoskeletal System Research Group (RAQUIS), University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
Joaquín Alcaraz-BelzuncesMedicine Faculty, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
Vicente Ferrer-LópezDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2072-9918
Pilar Andújar-OrtuñoSports & Musculoskeletal System Research Group (RAQUIS), University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.

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Abstract

The Cobb angle value is a critical parameter for evaluating adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients. This study aimed to evaluate a software’s validity and absolute reliability to determine the Cobb angle in AIS digital X-rays, with two different degrees of experienced observers. Four experts and four novice evaluators measured 35 scoliotic curves with the software on three separate occasions, one month apart. The observers re-measured the same radiographic studies on three separate occasions three months later but on conventional X-ray films. The differences between the mean bias errors (MBE) within the experience groups were statistically significant between the experts (software) and novices (manual) (p < 0.001) and between the novices (software) and novices (manual) (p = 0.005). When measured with the software, the intra-group error in the expert group was MBE = 1.71 ± 0.61° and the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC (2,1)) = 0.986, and in the novice group, MBE = 1.9 ± 0.67° and ICC (2,1) = 0.97. There was almost a perfect concordance among the two measurement methods, ICC (2,1) = 0.998 and minimum detectable change (MCD95) < 0.4°. Control of the intrinsic error sources enabled obtaining inter- and intra-observer MDC95 < 0.5° in the two experience groups and with the two measurement methods. The computer-aided software TraumaMeter increases the validity and reliability of Cobb angle measurements concerning manual measurement.

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ScoliosisAdolescentHumansRadiographyReproducibility of ResultsResearch DesignSoftwareSpineadolescent idiopathic scoliosisCobb anglemeasurementreliabilitysoftware applicationsspinevalidity

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PMCPMC9027061

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