Efstathios Sidiropoulos, Panagiotis David, Theodoros P Vagenas, Theodore Economopoulos, George Matsopoulos, Efstathios Kenanidis, Michael Potoupnis, Elefterios Tsiridis, Panagiotis Bamidis
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Scoliosis is curvature of the spine, often found in adolescents, which can impact on their quality of life. In recent years, smartphone applications (apps) and web-based applications may help the parents with the doctors' supervision in scoliosis screening and monitoring, thereby reducing the number of in-person visits. This paper suggests the usage of the SCOLIOSIS system to detect the onset of scoliosis. This tool is being developed for simple use on mobile devices and as a web-based monitoring system for doctors, which will be an interactive tool for the patients and doctors that will provide data, information, and knowledge. The study conducts a usability assessment of the mobile application by doctors and non-clinician users. User test application developed for the android platform and the results show that this has the potential to be applied in medical practice.