Table 1.
Characteristics and comparison of the studied groups
| |
Group A Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis |
Group B Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis |
U-Mann Whitney |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | Average | Median | Min | Max | St. dev | Average | Median | Min | Max | St. dev | p |
| Age |
17 |
15.9 |
14.8 |
24 |
2.92 |
16.8 |
15.6 |
13.7 |
25 |
3.03 |
0.54 |
| Risser |
4.2 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
0.44 |
3.6 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
1.19 |
0.21 |
| Cobb |
75.3 |
72 |
36 |
114 |
24.81 |
65.9 |
64.5 |
42 |
94 |
14.39 |
0.26 |
| Kyphosis |
42.8 |
48 |
12 |
70 |
17.28 |
32 |
28 |
12 |
59 |
14.12 |
0.09 |
| RAsag |
21.6 |
21 |
2.5 |
46 |
11.88 |
18.3 |
17.5 |
6 |
34 |
7.51 |
0.31 |
| RHi |
0.44 |
0.48 |
0.03 |
0.91 |
0.25 |
0.31 |
0.30 |
0 |
0.64 |
0.17 |
0.17 |
| Findex | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0 | 0.38 | 0.12 | 0.32 | 0.23 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.270 | 0.10 |
Radiological characteristics and statistical comparison of group A-juvenile idiopathic scoliosis (n=9) and group B- adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (n=20), p<0,05 was considered as a statistically significant (nonparametric Mann Whitney U test).