The Perdriolle torsion meter also measures vertebral rotation on an x-ray. But where the Cobb angle fails to address the axial plane, this method picks up the slack. The torsion meter measures the vertebral pedicle shadow offset against the edges of the drum-like vertebral bodies.
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