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Table 1 Scoliosis surface parameters after 6th SOSORT consensus paper

From: A review of the trunk surface metrics used as Scoliosis and other deformities evaluation indices

No.

Conclusion

Item

Agreement

1

Position/view of the patient for surface topography measurement [table eighteen]

Position: standing upright

100%

  

View: Back

100%

2

Anatomic surface landmarks to be taken into consideration systematically [table nineteen]

Spinous processes

100%

  

Posterior iliac spines

100%

  

Shoulders

100%

  

Scapulae

88.9%

3

Surface parameters recommended for systematic use [table twenty]

3.1

Body axis definition

Analogous to radiological VCSL

100%

3.2

Frontal plane analysis

Curve angle

75%

  

Shoulders

66.7%

  

Scapulae

66.7%

3.3

Sagittal plane analysis

Relation of C7 to S1

100%

  

Cervical lordosis

100%

  

Thoracic kyphosis

100%

  

Lumbar lordosis

100%

3.4

Transverse plane analysis

Trunk rotation main curve

100%

  

Trunk rotation Compensatory curves

100%

3.5

Pelvis

PSIS height

100%

4

Further Conclusions

Scoliometer ATR measure for transverse plane deformity

95%

  

Cobb angle measurement as radiological parameter

100%