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From: 3D spinal and rib cage predictors of brace effectiveness in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

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The rib cage, sagittal, and axial subtypes. Rib cage subtype included A) Type 1: asymmetric or drooping ribs, B) Type 2: horizontal ribs. Sagittal subtypes included A) Type 1: normal/hyperthrocolumnar, B) Type 2: hypothoracolumbar (flat profile). Axial types included A) Type 1: S shaped axial profile in which the direction of the vertebral rotation changes in the thoracolumbar region, B) Type2: V shaped profile with one large curve extending to the lumbar spine: the direction of the vertebral rotation changes in lower lumbar. The vertebral level at which the direction of the vertebral rotation below the apex of the thoracic curve changes is shown by red rectangles

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