Quantifying Changes in Standing Body Segment Alignment Following Spinal Instrumentation and Fusion in Idiopathic Scoliosis Using an Optoelectronic Measurement System

Abstract

Optoelectronic measurement of body segment alignment may be a useful noninvasive technique in the evaluation of scoliotic deformity. This is a new method of evaluating the global effect of vertebral malalignment on body segment alignment and can be used to quantify changes following PSIF.