Abstract
Proper diagnosis is a basis in the treatment of scoliotic posture and scoliosis. The aim of the study was to compare Moiré's spatial photogrammetry and Exhibeon digital radiology in the assessment of the primary curvature of the spine. The study involved 28 girls aged 7-18 years with scoliotic posture and scoliosis. Body posture as well as the spine were examined using Moiré’s spatial photogrammetry and the Exhibeon digital radiography method. Multiple regression analysis showed a significant but low correlation between the angle of primary curvature determined by the Moiré method and one determined using the X-ray method. Screening analysis of variance showed significant relationships between the primary spinal curvature determined by X-ray with the age of the subjects. The Cobb angle increased with the age of subjects. There was no such relationship between the primary curvature angle of the spine determined by the Moiré method and the age of the subjects. The obtained results indicate a moderate convergence of the primary spinal curvature variables assessed using the Moiré spatial photogrammetry method and Exhibeon digital radiography. X-ray examination is considered to be more reliable and credible. The examination of body posture and spine using Moiré’s spatial photogrammetry should play a screening and complementary role.
Highlights
The search for reliable, repeatable and non-invasive ways to assess the structure and shape of the spine has led to the use of spatial photogrammetry and digital radiology (Dunn et al 2018; Cho et al 2018)
This work is an attempt to answer the question whether all these parameters can be determined using both the Moiré spatial photogrammetry method and Exhibeon digital radiography, and whether ionizing radiological testing can be replaced by non-invasive spatial photogrammetry
Among primary curvatures determined by the method of digital Exhibeon radiology, right-sided ones were noted in 11 subjects (39.00%), in 5 (18.00%) less cases, while left-sided curvature was observed in 17 sunbects (61.00%), that is in 5 more (18.00%) than in the case of the Moiré method
Summary
The search for reliable, repeatable and non-invasive ways to assess the structure and shape of the spine has led to the use of spatial photogrammetry and digital radiology (Dunn et al 2018; Cho et al 2018). Apart from acquainting oneself with the symptoms, we try to determine the cause of these disorders (Mahaudens et al 2018; Ng et al 2017) This is extremely difficult, and we try to reproduce their pathogenesis on the basis of clinical symptoms and subjective examination (Gerdhem, 2018; Furlanetto et al 2016). Such a manner of procedure allows causal therapeutic treatment (Stasikelis & Carpenter, 2018; Jada et al 2017). This work is an attempt to answer the question whether all these parameters can be determined using both the Moiré spatial photogrammetry method and Exhibeon digital radiography, and whether ionizing radiological testing can be replaced by non-invasive spatial photogrammetry
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