From: Differences in vertebral morphology around the apical vertebrae between neuromuscular scoliosis and idiopathic scoliosis in skeletally immature patients: a three-dimensional morphometric analysis
Characteristic
Anterior
Middle
Posterior
NS Group
Major curve
0.970 ± 0.048
0.934 ± 0.081
0.958 ± 0.043
IS Group
Main curve
0.897 ± 0.072
0.832 ± 0.086
0.883 ± 0.059
Compensatory curve
0.968 ± 0.045
0.942 ± 0.067
0.967 ± 0.046