Originally posted on Simone's group...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbQaT7z54E4
Rotation is deformity in the transverse plane (looking straight down the spine from the head).
Cobb angle is deformity in the coronal plane (front-back).
Kyphosis/lordosis outside normal range are deformities in the sagittal plane (side-side).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbQaT7z54E4
Rotation is deformity in the transverse plane (looking straight down the spine from the head).
Cobb angle is deformity in the coronal plane (front-back).
Kyphosis/lordosis outside normal range are deformities in the sagittal plane (side-side).
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