Validation of clinical measurement of kyphosis with a simple instrument, the arcometer.

Study Design: Evaluation of concordance between different clinical surface measurements and radiographic measurements of kyphosis.

Objectives: To validate a new instrument, the Arcometer, in the clinical assessment of kyphosis.

Summary Of Background Data: Although a few instruments are available that are designed to study the spine in the sagittal plane, they usually are not simple to use, and radiographic concordance data, when reported, are not optimal.

[The contribution of gadolinium to the magnetic resonance diagnosis of spondylodiscitis].

To determine the contribution of Gd-DTPA to the evaluation of vertebral infections 16 MR examinations with i.v. Gd-DTPA injection were performed on 12 patients with diagnosis of spondylodiscitis.