About the Authors

Nada Mohamed

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Vivechana Acharya

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Sanja Schreiber

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Eric C. Parent

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Lindsey Westover

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

lwestove@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. Parent is a Schroth certified therapist. Dr. Schreiber became an International Schroth Scoliosis Therapy (ISST) instructor and opened the Curvy Spine clinic after the data for this project had been collected. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.