This paper describes a new hump meter for the measurement of height and angle of rib or lumbar hump in initial screening for the early detection of scoliosis.
A total of 67 children were examined for measurement of height and angle of rib or lumbar hump, and compared with degree in curvature (by Cobb Method).
The results emphasize the much more correlation between the degree (of Cobb Method) and, height or angle of rib than lumbar hump in age over 11 years.
And also, there are many cases of higher correlation with height of hump and curvature of degree (by Cobb Method) than angle of hump and curvature in age under 10 years.
