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Evaluation of Idiopathic Scoliosis based on Alignment, Equilibrium and Stability: Gomez Orthotic Spine System

Abstract

Jose Miguel Gomez Torres

Gomez Orthotic Spine Systems is a clinical method of measurement and, conservative treatment used in the management of spinal deformities including idiopathic scoliosis. This method uses easily accessible and economic measurement tools and permits a quantitative postural evaluation by using photometry for 3D analysis based on the center line in each corporal plane, line which is established as the line of greatest stability. In this article the method will be discussed in detail from its theoretical basis through implementation using a single clinical case.