Table 1 Characteristics of included studies
Author | Patients and diagnosis | Age | Classification | COBB degrees | Design | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Idiopathic scoliosis | Normals | Notes | Average ± SD | Range | Average ± SD | Range | |||
DUONG | 409 | 10-18 | All | 40°- | Prospective | ||||
DUONG 2 | 68 | 12-18 | Lenke 1 | 47,2 ± 10,1° | Prospective | ||||
KADOURY | 170 | 14 ± 2 | Lenke 1 right | 44±13° | 11-76° | Cross sectional | |||
KOHASHI | 51 | 6-15 | Single Thoracic; Double thoracic-lumbar | 11-63° | Prospective | ||||
NEGRINI | 122 | 20 | 23 hyperkyphosis | 16,3 ± 2,8 | 12-20 | All | 10-55° | Cross sectional | |
PONCET | 62 | S | 14 | 8 18 | All | 40° | 10-71° | Cross sectional | |
SANGOLE | 172 | 15 ± 2 | Lenke 1 right | 43±14° | 10-76° | Cross sectional | |||
STOKES | 110 | Double curves | 9-81° | Cross sectional | |||||
Total | 1164 | 25 | 23 | 6-20 | 9-81° | ||||