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  • Title: Nonstandard vertebral rotation in scoliosis screening patients. Its prevalence and relation to the clinical deformity.
    Author: Armstrong GW, Livermore NB, Suzuki N, Armstrong JG.
    Journal: Spine (Phila Pa 1976); 1982; 7(1):50-4. PubMed ID: 7071661.
    Abstract:
    A total of 6,321 school children were screened using Moiré topography in Ottawa in 1979. Analyses of 400 roentgenograms showed that 39% had rotation of a nonstandard variety. The most common type was rotation extending beyond the end vertebra by more than one level. Seven percent had rotation to the opposite side of the major curve; 4% showed asymmetry due to isolated vertebral rotation without any lateral curve. The correlation of the Moiré hump to the area of the lateral curve and vertebral rotation is recorded.
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