MENSURA O DA GIBOSIDADE E A SUA CORRELA O COM MEDIDAS RADIOLóGICAS NA ESCOLIOSE

The treatment of the scoliosis needs periodic radiologics evaluations, increasing the risks of the radiation. The use of methods no-invasivos it can be an alternative. The aim was to evaluate individuals with an instrument noninvasive for quantification of the hump deformity and to correlate these measured with the values of the Cobb angle. Forty one participants accomplished anthropometric evaluation and Adams test, being applied an instrument composed by level plane and a ruler, to measure the hump deformity. It was requested radiologics exam in the measures > 5 mm. The lineal coefficient of Pearson was used. The escoliose was diagnosed in 68,4% of the total of x-rays. There was better association among the measure of the thoracic deformity with the thoracic Cobb angle (right, r=0,91; left, r=0,83). The positioning adopted during Adams test could favor the best correlation of the thoracic values. It was concluded that the method no-invasivo it presented better results for thoracic curves.