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Table 3 Correlation between the clinical outcomes of imbalance of the shoulders and the radiology

From: Reliability and validity study of measurements on digital photography to evaluate shoulder balance in idiopathic scoliosis

Correlations

 

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LRTA

SHA

AHA

LRTA

SHA

AHA

r

p

r

p

r

p

r

p

r

p

r

p

CRIA

−0.35

0.00

0.39

0.00

0.35

0.00

−0.45

0.00

0.48

0.00

0.51

0.00

T1

−0.35

0.00

0.37

0.00

0.31

0.005

−0.35

0.00

0.51

0.00

0.44

0.00

PTC

−0.07

n.s.

0.03

n.s.

−0.26

0.02

−0.07

n.s.

0.04

n.s.

−0.03

0.02

MTC

−0.16

n.s.

0.19

n.s.

0.46

0.00

−0.27

0.02

0.24

0.03

0.27

0.01

TLLC

0.35

0.002

−0.33

0.003

−0.45

0.00

0.23

0.04

−0.26

0.02

−0.30

0.007

PTC_LEV

−0.11

n.s.

0.17

n.s.

0.45

0.00

−0.27

0.15

0.25

0.02

0.29

0.008

MTC_LEV

0.19

n.s.

−0.19

n.s.

−0.42

0.00

0.24

0.29

−0.21

n.s.

−0.24

0.03

TLLC_LEV

−0.44

0.00

0.39

0.00

0.36

0.001

−0.15

n.s.

0.25

0.02

0.28

0.01

  1. LRTA (Left/right trapezium angle); SHA (Shoulder height angle); AHA (Axilla height angle); CRIA (Clavicle-rib intersection angle); T1 tilt (T1 inclination angle); PTC (Proximal thoracic curve Cobb angle); MTC (Main thoracic curve Cobb angle); TLLC (Thoraco-lumbar/lumbar curve Cobb angle); PTC_LEV (Lower end vertebra of the proximal thoracic curve); MTC_LEV (Lower end vertebra of the major thoracic curve); TLLC_LEV (Lower end vertebra of the thoraco-lumbar/lumbar curve).