Validation of Clinical Assessment of Spinal Stiffness

Validation of Clinical Assessment of Spinal Stiffness in Hyperkyphosis and Scoliosis During Growth

This study aims to validate and verify the reliability of the clinical measures used in the daily routine by doctors and therapists that allow assessing the spinal stiffness in all spatial planes. The secondary objective is the verification of the diagnostic accuracy of the most reliable tests in identifying the subjects at risk of failure, using as a radiographic standard the examinations performed by the patients during the treatment (data retrieved retrospectively) using as a control group those patients who did not obtain a correction of the spine curvature.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Scoliosis > 10°Cobb or Hyperkyophosis >50° Cobb
• Age between 10 and 17 years old
• Risser between 0 and 5

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of spinal surgery
• Presence of back pain
• Diagnosis of congenital scoliosis or scoliosis secondary to neurological or muscular diseases