Abstract
Objectives The Rib Index, (RI), extracted from the double rib couture sign (DRCS) on lateral spinal radiographs to evaluate rib hump deformity in IS patients has been earlier introduced (Grivas at al 2000). Although various papers using the RI have been published, no study of its reproducibility was reported. To estimate the variations of the RI in a number of a pair set of lateral chest radiographs of healthy volunteers. The hypothesis was that the RI should have minimal variability for each patient having successive lateral radiographs.
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The hypothesis was that the RI should have minimal variability for each patient having successive lateral radiographs
11st Orthopaedic Department, Athens University, Medical school, Greece Full list of author information is available at the end of the article
Summary
Konstantinos C Soultanis1*, Konstantinos Tsiavos[1], Theodoros B Grivas[2], Nikolaos A Stavropoulos[1], Vasileios I Sakallariou[1], Andreas F Mavrogenis[1], Panayiotis J Papagelopoulos[1]. From The 10th Meeting of the International Research Society of Spinal Deformities (IRSSD 2014 Sapporo) Sapporo, Japan. From The 10th Meeting of the International Research Society of Spinal Deformities (IRSSD 2014 Sapporo) Sapporo, Japan. 29 June - 2 July 2014
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