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Table 1 Idiopathic scoliosis: spinal and pelvic radiographic parameters

From: Idiopathic scoliosis in children and adolescents: assessment with a biplanar X-ray device

Coronal Plane

Sagittal Plane

Spinal balance

Spinal balance

Pelvic obliquity

Spinal parameters

- Thoracic kyphosis

- Lumbar lordosis

Scoliosis

Pelvic parameters

- Type and side of spinal curve(s)

- Sacral slope

- Cobb angle

- Pelvic tilt (or pelvic version)

- End vertebrae

- Pelvic incidence

Severity of axial rotation (apical vertebra)

Risser index