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Title: | Postural screening for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with infrared thermography | Authors: | Kwok, G Yip, J Yick, KL Cheung, MC Tse, CY Ng, SP Luximon, A |
Issue Date: | 2017 | Source: | Scientific reports, 2017, v. 7, 14431, p. 1-8 | Abstract: | Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a multifactorial, three-dimensional deformity of the spine and trunk. School scoliosis screening (SSS) is recommended by researchers as a means of early detection of AIS to prevent its progression in school-aged children. The traditional screening technique for AIS is the forward bending test because it is simple, non-invasive and inexpensive. Other tests, such as the use of Moire topography, have reduced the high false referral rates. The use of infrared (IR) thermography for screening purposes based on the findings of previous studies on the asymmetrical paraspinal muscle activity of scoliotic patients compared with non-scoliotic subjects was explored in this study. IR thermography is performed with an IR camera to determine the temperature differences in paraspinal muscle activity. A statistical analysis showed that scoliotic subjects demonstrate a statistically significant difference between the left and right sides of the regions of interest. This difference could be due to the higher IR emission of the convex side of the observed area, thereby creating a higher temperature distribution. The findings of this study suggest the feasibility of incorporating IR thermography as part of SSS. However, future studies could also consider a larger sample of both nonscoliotic and scoliotic subjects to further validate the findings. | Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group | Journal: | Scientific reports | ISSN: | 2045-2322 | EISSN: | 2045-2322 | DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-017-14556-w | Rights: | Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. © The Author(s) 2017 The following publication Kwok, G., Yip, J., Yick, K. L., Cheung, M. C., Tse, C. Y., Ng, S. P., & Luximon, A. (2017). Postural screening for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with infrared thermography. Scientific reports, 7(1), 14431, 1-8 is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14556-w |
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