Evaluation of Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Common Inclusion Criteria for the 2 groups :

• Female subject aged 12 to < 18 years old
• Affiliated to the French social security system
• Having signed the inform consent form
• Whose parents have given their consent

Additional Inclusion Criteria for the AIS group:

• Subject with right thoracic AIS defined by the existence of a 3D spine deformation with a frontal deviation to right dorsal convexity with a Cobb angle of at least 20°, and a rotation of at least 20°, as evidenced by the presence of a vertebral gibbosity ≥ 5° at the Bunnel scoliometer.

If the scoliosis has more than one curvature, the right chest curvature should be the greatest high (highest frontal Cobb angle)

• Subject with x-rays of total spine, face and profile under load, according to the EOS technique, dating from less than 3 months.

Common Exclusion Criteria for the 2 groups:

• Instability to submit to the medical follow-up of the study for psychic, social or geographical reasons
• At least 6 "cafe au lait" spots with a size ≥ 1.5 cm (may be suggestive of neurofibromatosis)
• Ligament hyperlaxity confirmed by a Beighton score >4/9 (which may be suggestive of scoliosis secondary)
• Contraindications of a cerebro-medullary MRI: claustrophobia, foreign bodies, and ferrometallic clips of the trunk or cephalic segment, cochlear implants, stimulators and implantable cardiac defibrillators, insulin pump
• Inequality in length of the lower limbs ≥ 20 mm on clinical examination
• Subject presenting neurological signs (signs of pyramidal irritation, sensory-motor deficit, clinical signs suggestive of cerebellar pathology ...)
• Known vestibular pathology
• Taking psychotropic drugs

Additional exclusion criterion for the AIS group:

• Subject with secondary scoliosis : neurological, orthopedic, malformative...

Additional criteria for the control group:

• Subject with a scoliosis angle ≥ 10° on a photogrammetric screening assessment (optical process, non-irradiating, which allows an Morphometric evaluation of the trunk in 3D, thanks to the analysis of the trunk reliefs)
• Subject whose clinical examination shows a gibbosity measurable (>5°) with the scoliometer of Bunnel