Table 1 The inter- and intra-reproducibility of radiological measurements using the intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) with 95% Confidence Interval (CI).

From: In idiopathic scoliosis distances of spinal cord to thoracic pedicle are within 2 mm in a large region of the thoracic apex

Radiographical measurements

Inter-reproducibility

Intra-reproducibility

Thoracic Cobb-angle

0.988 (0.971–0.955)

0.994 (0.986–0.998)

Thoracic kyphosis angle

0.976 (0.937–0.991)

0.997 (0.991–0.999)

Upper body length

0.903 (0.752–0.963)

0.997 (0.993–0.999)

Pedicle to spinal cord distance on concave side

0.840 (0.446–0.944)

0.946 (0.863–0.979)

Pedicle to spinal cord distance on convex side

0.757 (0.391–0.903)

0.895 (0.594–0.964)

Vertebral body rotation

0.978 (0.945–0.991)

0.976 (0.939–0.990)

Pedicle angle on concave side

0.973 (0.931–0.989)

0.971 (0.927–0.988)

Pedicle angle on convex side

0.983 (0.956–0.994)

0.972 (0.931–0.989)