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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Assessing the Diagnostic Validity of Torsobarography in Scoliosis.

Nico Stecher, Lea Richter, Arkadiusz Łukasz Żurawski, Andreas Heinke, Maximilian Robert Harder, Thurid Jochim, Paula Schumann, Wojciech Piotr Kiebzak, Hagen Malberg

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors.

Nico StecherInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0009-0009-4107-9169
Lea RichterInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0009-0003-7666-4727
Arkadiusz Łukasz ŻurawskiInstitute of Health Science, Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-369 Kielce, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2564-8607
Andreas HeinkeInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0009-0009-4218-418X
Maximilian Robert HarderInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
Thurid JochimInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0009-0001-6579-0889
Paula SchumannInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
Wojciech Piotr KiebzakInstitute of Health Science, Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-369 Kielce, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-6035-6568
Hagen MalbergInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany.

Funding

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action : KK5126202NK0M-ERA.Net (co-financed with tax funds on the basis of the budget passed by the Saxon State Parliament) 100631247
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is treated with various forms of conservative care or surgery, depending on the degree of severity. When AIS is detected early, it can be monitored and initially treated with reduced invasiveness to prevent further progression. AIS manifests itself through deformations of the trunk, which are mostly identified as asymmetries in manual clinical examination. Torsobarography is a new pressure-based surface topographic system for posture analysis and evaluates such associated morphologic asymmetries. The aim of this study is to investigate the diagnostic validity of torsobarography by examining correlation of extracted torsobarographic indices with the Cobb angle and its ability to differentiate between different severities of scoliosis: no scoliosis, mild scoliosis, and moderate scoliosis. A total of 87 subjects (51 females and 36 males) were examined with torsobarography. Six torsobarographic indices were calculated for all subjects: torsobarography angle (TBA), sagittal imbalance index (SII), torso asymmetry index (TAI), shoulder asymmetry angle (SAA), waist asymmetry angle (WAA), and pelvis asymmetry Angle (PAA). These indices were correlated with the Cobb angle, and the differences between severities were statistically analyzed. Three out of six indices (TBA, TAI, and WAA) were able to significantly distinguish between mild and moderate scoliosis. Additionally, those indices showed moderate correlation (ρ = 0.37-0.50) with the Cobb angle measurements. The WAA was the only statistically significant index capable of differentiating between no scoliosis and moderate scoliosis. This study is the first to demonstrate that torsobarography can distinguish between different severities of scoliosis and thus identify a scoliotic deformity that requires bracing over monitoring.

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ScoliosisTorsoAdolescentChildFemaleHumansMalePostureposture analysispressure distributionscoliosisscreeningspinesurface topography

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