Figure 4

Percentage of muscular fibers for the iliocostalis (IL: doted lines) and the longissimus (LO: continuous line) along the spine. Upper panels: results on the left and right sides for non scoliotic (NS) patients P2 and P3. Middle panels: results on the concave and convex side for the pre-scoliotic (PS) patients P5 and P6. Lower panels: results on the convex and concave side for the scoliotic (S) patients P7 and P8. The thick horizontal dotted line on each convex panel indicates the apex position of the spinal deviations of PS and S patients.