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. 2022 Apr 1;104-B(4):424–432. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.104B4.BJJ-2021-1677.R1

Table I.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria
Patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis Patients who underwent surgery
Patients who underwent bracing as treatment, or put under observation with or without exercise Studies including patients with other types of scoliosis, e.g. degenerative, congenital
Studied one or more radiological morphological predictors Specialized CT, MRI, and electromyography predictors not routinely assessed, e.g. electromyography, neurological factors
Studies with a clearly defined outcome of progression Studies reporting neither p-values nor odds ratios with confidence intervals
Longitudinal studies in English Model development studies without identification of individual predictors
Case series, case reports, conference summaries, cross-sectional studies, unpublished literature, commentaries, and reviews