Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Abdominal Muscle Thickness Symmetry and Correlation With Pulmonary Function

Exclusion Criteria

• •History of previous spinal surgery
• •Patients using brace
• •Those with any diagnosis of scoliosis other than AIS
• •Those with a history of neuromuscular disease
• •Previous spinal surgery
• •Patients with neurological deficits on examination
• •Patients with acute or chronic lung pathology
• •Patients with abdominal surgery or injury
• •Double curve or multiple curve
• •Patients with concomitant chronic diseases
• •The child's legal guardian does not allow it to take the tests
• •The control group:
• •10-18 volunteer adolescents without any health problems,
• •In clinical evaluation: Healthy adolescents (without any asymmetric findings on three-way inspection, Adam's forward bend test and scoliometer) were included.