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Intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of the fixed plumb line for postural and scoliosis assessment in the sagittal plane: a pilot study.

Federico Roggio, Bruno Trovato, Martina Sortino, Marta Zanghì, Claudio Di Brigida, Claudia Guglielmino, Claudia Lombardo, Carla Loreto, Piero Pavone, Giuseppe Musumeci

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Federico Roggio *Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Anatomy, Histology and Movement Science, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Bruno Trovato *Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Anatomy, Histology and Movement Science, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Martina SortinoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Anatomy, Histology and Movement Science, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Marta ZanghìDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Anatomy, Histology and Movement Science, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Claudio Di BrigidaCatholic University of Murcia (UCAM), PhD program in Sports Science, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Claudia GuglielminoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Anatomy, Histology and Movement Science, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Claudia LombardoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Anatomy, Histology and Movement Science, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Carla LoretoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Anatomy, Histology and Movement Science, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Piero PavonePediatric Clinic, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Hospital A.U.O. "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Giuseppe MusumeciDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Anatomy, Histology and Movement Science, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.

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Abstract

Background: The plumb line (PL) is a common tool for assessing the sagittal curvatures of the spine, but its accuracy depends on the ability of the physician to use it correctly. This study aimed to present a fixed plumb line (FPL) no longer held by a physician but fixed to a support, evaluating the reliability in posture assessment, comparing it with PL in both adolescent with and without scoliosis. Methods: The study evaluated the sagittal distances of the spine using a PL and a FPL in 80 young adults aged between 28.7 ± 7.2 and 55 adolescents aged between 12.4 ± 2.3, with and without scoliosis. Two expert and two novice clinicians tested the patients to evaluate the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of FPL. Each clinician assessed participants twice on the same day, with a predetermined time interval (>1 h) to reduce recall bias. Multi-factor multivariate analysis of variance and two-way analysis of variance assessed the statistical significance, while intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), standard error of measurement (SEM) and minimum detectable change (MDC) validated FPL consistency. Results: FPL provided an ICC coefficient >0.90 for all the measures, while PL an average of 0.70. On AIS patients, PL and FPL showed a significant difference for C7

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Observer VariationPostureScoliosisAdolescentAdultChildFemaleHumansMalePilot ProjectsReproducibility of ResultsYoung AdultAdolescentEvaluationIntra-raterMusculoskeletalPostureScoliosis

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