Scoliometer Tips and Tricks: How to Screen For Scoliosis & Interpret Results

[@emmacrawford7926]

These videos are so awesome!! Great work Andrea & team!

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Thanks Emma - so kind of you! Let us know if you have any other requests on content :)

[@harveykeithfabuna7470]

Thanks for this information. I found this very simple and easy to understand. Can you make a video also for measuring a Cobb's angle in xray? Thank you 😊

[@TSCConnect]

Yes we actually have that one lined up!

[@harveykeithfabuna7470]

Thank you. I'm looking forward for that one 😊

[@michellemccurdy7630]

Well done! Thank you! One suggestion to add - how should this be documented? Give us an example.

[@TSCConnect]

“Angle of trunk rotation: 8 degrees to the right in the mid thoracic region”

[@alexsandraakesson]

Hi! How do you document the results? How do you write if the result was deviant?

[@TSCConnect]

It will say something like "Scoliometer measurement shows 7° of rotation to the right in mid-thoracic spine"

[@rebelid4957]

Thanks for this..very helpful

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Great to hear, let us know what else you might want to learn about.

[@hawk3858]

mam it is said that more than 7 degree is scoliosis , please provide some reference book or journal for this statement

[@listrahtes]

Who writes 7 degree? In general less than 20 degree is not in need of treatment without symptoms. You needs an x ray taken to measure

[@TSCConnect]

If there is more than 7 degree of rotation show on the scoliometer, then it may correlate to having structural scoliosis. An Xray shows the front/back view and if the curve on an Xray is greater than 10 degrees, then there is likely a scoliotic curve present. From 2016 SOSORT Guidelines (link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13013-017-0145-8) "The Scoliometer [372, 373] measures the hump appearing as a consequence of the Adam’s test: it is an evaluation tool that has proven highly useful. The Scoliometer measures the angle of trunk inclination (ATI, or ATR-Angle of Trunk Rotation) and has a high inter-observer reproducibility, which permits the determination of cut-off points above which a radiographic study is indicated. It has a sensitivity of about 100% and a specificity of about 47% when an ATI angle of 5° is chosen. At an ATI angle of 7°, sensitivity drops to 83% but specificity rises to 86% [19, 374, 375]. Coehlo et al. showed that the correlation between the scoliometer measurements and radiograph analyses was good (r = 0.7, p 

[@Pijattradisional99malang]

❤❤ thanks for information

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You're welcome 😊

[@Volvo5200]

Lovely.

[@TSCConnect]

Great!

[@REGISTERED-NURSE]

Adoms forward bending test ❤

[@TSCConnect]

Hope the video helps!

[@REGISTERED-NURSE]

​@@TSCConnect yes❤

[@whats3219]

How can an adult find a doctor who will screen for scoliosis? How can I find someone who is trained in scoliosis? My doctor will not do it because I should have been screened as a child. I asked my mom and she doesn't remember me ever being screened as a child and says she only took me to the doctor when I was super sick because she didn't have insurance or much money, so no well child visits.

[@TSCConnect]

Where in the world are you located?