Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 764-771 , June 2006

Effects of Lateral Trunk Support on Scoliotic Spinal Alignment in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury: A Radiographic Study

  • Hui-Fen Mao, MS, OTR

      Affiliations

    • School of Occupational Therapy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Sheau-Ling Huang, MS, OTR

      Affiliations

    • School of Occupational Therapy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Tung-Wu Lu, DPhil

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Tung-Wu Lu, DPhil, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 1, Jen-Ai Rd, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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  • Yen-Sheng Lin, MS

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Hon-Man Liu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Yen-Ho Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Ting-Ming Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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    The experimental setup. Each subject was seated on an adjustable seating system in place for radiographic imaging.

    The experimental setup. Each subject was seated on an adjustable seating system in place for radiographic imaging.

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    Scoliotic index for measuring scoliosis severity.

    Scoliotic index for measuring scoliosis severity.

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    Posterior photographs of a subject with a complete C5 lesion (A) without and (B) with LTS. (C) and (D) are the corresponding mirror-imaged AP radiographs on which lines are drawn for the calculation o

    Posterior photographs of a subject with a complete C5 lesion (A) without and (B) with LTS. (C) and (D) are the corresponding mirror-imaged AP radiographs on which lines are drawn for the calculation of the Cobb angles.

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    Correlation of Cobb angles and scoliotic indices (Pearson r=.783, P<.001).

    Correlation of Cobb angles and scoliotic indices (Pearson r=.783, P<.001).

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    Lateral photographs of a subject with a complete C5 lesion (A) without and (B) with LTS. (C) and (D) are the corresponding radiographs.

    Lateral photographs of a subject with a complete C5 lesion (A) without and (B) with LTS. (C) and (D) are the corresponding radiographs.

 Supported by the National Science Council of Taiwan (grant no. NSC 91-2314-B-002-393).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.Reprints are not available from the author.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00178-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.02.029

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 764-771 , June 2006

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