**3. Conclusion**

This chapter has introduced current concepts and evidence-informed practice patterns around knowledge of sagittal alignment and its implications for the conservative care practitioner managing adults with spinal deformity and for the orthoptist managing adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis. Much research and clinical practice lie ahead for practitioners in this field, and it has been the intention of the authors to begin to start a deeper conversation around the role of sagittal alignment in the clinical decision-making process with this unique patient population.
