Showing papers on "Cobb angle published in 1981"

Biomechanical evaluation of scoliosis in friedreich ataxia patients

Abstract: SUMMARY The preliminary results based on a two year study on the evolution and management of scoliosis are presented in this paper. Thirty patients are followed in the Neuro-Muscular Disease Clinic at Ste-Justine Hospital where standardized spinal radiographs are taken periodically with the Scoliosis Chariot and the Throne. The short period of observation as well as the still relatively small number of Friedreich ataxia patients followed requires that these results and the following remarks be interpreted with caution. Between the age groups I (5–10 years) and II (10–15 years), there occurs a substantial increase in the Cobb angle values. Associated with it, an increase is also observed in the thoracic and thoraco-lumbar projected surface area indices. The relative rotation between the thoracic and lumbar segments is presumed to be the cause of the sudden increase in the Cobb measurements.