Cobb angle below the fracture. The Cobb angle is the preferred method of measuring post-traumatic kyphosis in a recent meta-analysis of traumatic spine fracture classifications. Scoliosis cases with Cobb angles between 40 and 50 degrees at skeletal maturity progress at an average of 10 to 15 degrees during a normal lifetime. Cobb angles of more than 50 degrees at skeletal maturity progress at about 1 to 2 degrees per year. Those with Cobb angle of more than 60° usually have respiratory complications. Cobb angle The Cobb angle, named after the American orthopedic surgeon John Robert Cobb (1903–1967), was originally used to measure
Less-is-better effect of top-quality candy than a box containing those 24 pieces plus 16 lower-quality pieces. If a manufacturer has developed two versions of a product and wishes to know which will be more popular with consumers and should therefore be put on the market, presenting them jointly to the public will enable consumers to evaluate differences between them, while presenting them separately will better predict the consumer's actual experience of the product when and if it is actually put on sale. Less-is-better effect The less-is-better effect is a type of preference reversal that occurs when the lesser or smaller alternative of