Curve type
Type  Proximal thoracic Main thoracic Thoracolumbar/lumbar Description
1 Nonstructural Structural (major) Nonstructural Main thoracic (MT)
2 Structural Structural (major) Nonstructural Double thoracic (MT)
3 Nonstructural Structural (major) Structural Double major (DM)
4 Structural Structural (major) Structural (major) Triple major (TM)§
5 Nonstructural Nonstructural Structural (major) Thoracolumbar/lum bar (TL/L)
6 Nonstructural Structural Structural (major) Thoracolumbar/lum bar-main thoracic (TL/L-MT)
Table 1: The Lenke classification system of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis [6].
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