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Rib index

Author: Theodoros B Grivas

Published in: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders | Issue 1/2014

Abstract

This article analyzes the double rib contour sign (DRCS) and the rib index (RI). The analyzed topics are 1. the history of presentations – publication of DRCS-RI, 2. the study source origin: school screening for idiopathic scoliosis (IS), 3. what the DRCS and the RI are– Description, 4. the quantification of the DRCS – RI, 5. a reliability study for RI 6. how much the rib index is affected by the distance between the radiation source and the irradiated individual, 7. the implications on IS aetiology, 8. the applications of Rib index for a. documentation of the deformity, b. assessment of physiotherapy, c. assessment of brace treatment and d. pre- and post-operative assessment; assessment of the rib-cage deformity correction on the transverse plane, 9. the use of RI and implications for screening policies 10. the reference of the RI method in spinal textbooks and finally 11. the citations in Google Scholar.

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Grivas TB, Daggas S, Polyzois B, Samelis P: The Double Rib Contour Sign (DRCS) in lateral spinal radiographs: aetiologic implications for scoliosis. 2000, International Research Society of Spinal Deformities meeting, Clermont, France

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Soultanis K, Tsiavos K, Grivas TB, Stavropoulos N, Sakellariou V, Mavrogenis A, Papagelopoulos PJ: Reliability study for the “rib index” in chest radiographs of a control group. 11^thInternational Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities, 9^thSOSORT Annual Meeting, 8-10 May 2014, Wiesbaden (Germany), 6-7 May 2014, Wiesbaden (Germany). Proceedings: page 28.

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Grivas TB, Soultanis K, Mazioti C, Kechagias V, Akriotis A, Athanasopoulos K, Naskas C, Tagkas D: The double rib contour sign on lateral spinal radiographs: how much the rib index is affected by the distance between the radiation source and the irradiated individual? Oral Presentation at the 11^thInternational Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities, 9^thSOSORT Annual Meeting, 8-10 May 2014, Wiesbaden (Germany), 4^th SOSORT Educational Courses, 6-7 May 2014, Wiesbaden (Germany). Publication of the Abstract: Conference proceedings: page 36.

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Title: Rib index
Author: Theodoros B Grivas
Publication date: 01-12-2014
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 2397-1789
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13013-014-0020-9

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