Interobserver Reliability and Intraobserver Reproducibility of the System of King et al. for the Classification of

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis*

by R. JAY CUMMINGS, ERIC A. LOVELESS, JOSEPH CAMPBELL, STEPHEN SAMELSON, and JOHN M. MAZUR

J Bone Joint Surg AmVolume 80(8):1107-11

August 1, 1998

©1998 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Figs. 1-A, 1-B, and 1-C: The curve in this patient was classified as type III by one scoliosis specialist and both orthopaedic residents and as type V by the other scoliosis specialist.

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Fig. 1-B: Right-side-bending radiograph.

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Fig. 1-C: Left-side-bending radiograph.

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