Effects of orthopaedic treatments upon 3D radiologic morphologies and equilibrated postures in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Material and method Geometric structures of spinal curves of scoliotic patients have been identified. They show plane regions where spinal curves are purely flexed. These regions are linked together by zones of connection, where abduction and axial rotation components, are concentrated. Spine and pelvis of each patient radiographed in upstanding may be synthetized by two rows of indices: one row describing the morphology, the second one illustrating the postural stability. The present study is dedicated to effects upon 3D back morphology and postural stability of orthopaedic treatments exerted to a same patient.