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Table 3 Division of studied population according to the classificatory 3-DEMO parameter "Shift".

From: Three-dimensional easy morphological (3-DEMO) classification of scoliosis, part I

Classification

Limits

Scoliosis

Hyperkyphosis

Scoliosis & Hyperkyphosis

Normals

Right Shift

x < -8.0

9.8%

4.3%

50.0%

5.0%

Left Shift

x > 4.1

49.2%

8.7%

25.0%

0.0%

Frontally no Shift

-8.0 < x < 4.1

41.0%

87.0%

25.0%

95.0%

Chi-Square test

P < 0.05

Anterior Shift

x < -26.4

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Posterior Shift

x > 4.6

44.3%

100.0%

75.0%

5.0%

Sagittally no Shift

-26.4 < x < 4.6

55.7%

0.0%

25.0%

95.0%

Chi-Square test

P < 0.05

Posterior Left Shift

 

17.2%

8,7%

0.0%

0.0%

Posterior Right Shift

 

6.6%

4.3%

50.0%

5.0%

Posterior Shift only

 

20.5%

87.0%

25.0%

0.0%

Left Shift only

 

32.0%

0.0%

25.0%

0.0%

Right Shift only

 

3.3%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

No Shift

 

20.5%

0.0%

0.0%

95.0%

  1. The Shift classificatory parameter is the displacement of the barycentre of the Top View with respect to the spinal normal axis; it was defined as Shift because it is as if the pathological spine had changed its position with respect to the pelvis, "shifting" away from the vertical C7-S1 axis.