Sa jes of the Spine Serer DANEK pathologies of the SP Cobb Angle Measurement s The em or aewerity of a scoliotic CUE measured in degrees of Themeear common procedure for measuring * ‘curve is the Cobb angle method.” A stav ength AP the Cobb angle. seray of the spine is used to measure 1 Fie end vertebrae of the curve At identified. End vertebrae are the last vertebrae on each end of the curve that are tilted into she concavity of the curve, The disc spaces within the curve are ‘always wider on the convex side of the curve. ‘The first vertebra in axich the apposite dise space is wider is nO) ‘considered to be part ice ver and therefore the adjacent vertebra is the end vertebra in the curve. Concave Side Step 2 Tines are drawn parallel to the cranial Wide endplate of the upper end vertebra and to the caudal endplate of the lower end vericbt Lines are then drawn perpendicular to the endplate lines. Wide > Step 3 ‘The angle produced by the intersection of the right-angle lines represents the magnitude of the uve, Note: On large une the endl ee extended laterally on the X79 va ey intersect. The magnitude of the curve then measured directly from those Tines- 2Cobb IR. Technique IR for study of scoliosis Instructional Course Lectur scoliosis. Americ e Lecture 1948; 5:261-75, ‘Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons