“…Posture asymmetries are frequently observed among persons with idiopathic scoliosis (IS) [31,46], are associated with muscle imbalance [19,21,35,38,41] and can play an important role in scoliosis progression [4,17,35,41,43]. This progression is attributable to biomechanical factors such as modified trunk alignment and body weight influences which create modifications in muscular moments acting on the spine especially during growth spurt [5,17,35,43].…”