Low-dose Digital Radiographs in the Idiopathic Scoliosis

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

Status: Completed

Conditions: Idiopathic Scoliosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03464318

RXbd17

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to evaluate the intraobserver repeatability and the interobserver reproducibility of low-dose radiographs with a HELIOS DRF (CAT) imaging system in patients with idiopathic scoliosis.

Full description

The 80% of scoliosis is idiopathic and begins mostly in adolescence (10-20 years).

The young patients need to undergo several radiographic controls for a correct therapeutic balance. However, the repeated radiation exposures is associated with a greater risk of carcinogenesis even if reduced with a digital imaging technique.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the intraobserver repeatability and the interobserver reproducibility of low-dose radiographs with a HELIOS DRF (CAT) imaging system in patients with idiopathic scoliosis.

Enrollment: 105 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 20 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with suspected or known idiopathic scoliosis
• patients able to maintain orthostasis without medical devices
• patients from 9 to 20 years old

Exclusion criteria

• patients with known congenital, syndromic, neurological scoliosis
• patients not able to maintain orthostasis
• obese patients
• low back pain or known tumor pathology
• patients with vertebral arthrodesis
• patients younger than 9 years old, or older than 20 years old