Correction of Body Height in Predicting Spirometric Values in Scoliotic Patients

J. Bjure Department of Clinical Physiology and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Göteborg, Sweden

G. Grimby Department of Clinical Physiology and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Göteborg, Sweden

A. Nachemson Department of Clinical Physiology and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Göteborg, Sweden

Abstract

The diminished standing height in scoliotic patients is mainly due to an increase in the lateral curvatures of the spine. A method is described by which this reduction in trunk height can be measured. A formula for the calculation of the height loss due to the scoliosis in relation to the angulation of the primary curve is given.

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