[New classification of recommendations for forensic assessment of patients with scoliosis]

In 1977, for the first time, a recommendation for the expert evaluation of scoliosis-sufferers was given out. On the basis of this a new classification followed, which takes into consideration modern orthetics and new operative procedures. Unchanged are the classifications of incapacity to work with regard to decreasing lung capacity. The levels of vital capacity are still the main factor for determining lung capacity.