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What is scoliosis?

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What is scoliosis?

Scoliosis is a word derived from the Greek skoliosis and means "crooked". Scoliosis is a medical condition in which a person's spine is curved from side to side.
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Photos: Scoliosis upon Adams test forward bending in a boy and in a girl.
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Spinal X-rays: Cobb method of determining angle of curvature


  1. Choose the most tilted verterbrae above & below apex of the curve.
  2. Angle between intersecting lines drawn perpendicular to the top of the superior vertebrae and bottom of the inferior vertebrae is the Cobb angle.


In general a Cobb angles greater than 10% is required to make a positive diagnosis and less than 10% is regarded as normal.
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Diagram: Finding the Cobb angle. For precise description of how to determine the Cobb angle from an x-ray picture, go to spinalmedicine.com
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Wikipedia: Scoliosis

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