...so that if they have a predisposition to develop a scoliosis curve, the spine deforms. In contrast boys enter their adolescent...mechanisms so that they are protected from developing a scoliosis curve. There is evidence that postural sway improves with...

Introduction: It is now well recognised that the patient's perception of the medical problem and the treatment for the medical problem are not always the same as the facts of the diagnosis and treatment process. The study being reported was conducted to determine the validity of the SRS-22 patient

...reviewed 43 patients with a preoperative pelvic obliquity of 10 or more. The age at the time of surgery, type of scoliosis curve, preoperative Cobb's angle, percent correction of scoliosis, lateral trunk shift, type of surgical procedures for...

...deformity were included in this study. Standing roentgenograms of the whole spine were made in all scoliotics to measure scoliosis curve, vertebral rotation and concave and convex rib-vertebra-angle at three vertebrae (apical, one level above and one...

...Viewers will have the rare opportunity to observe portions of this surgical procedure that corrects the primary scoliosis curve, preserves more normal spinal motion and promotes faster healing than the posterior fusion approach, and halts abnormal...

...In most people with scoliosis, the curve in the spine is so small that it causes no problems. Even a pronounced scoliosis curve doesn't usually cause pain in children and teenagers--but it can lead to painful back problems in adulthood. That...

...rest of her life," her father said. Straight line Though all spines have natural curves, the spines of people with scoliosis curve from side to side. On an X-ray, spines with scoliosis resemble an "S" or "C." A normal spine tends to form a straight...

...et al. Clin Orthop. 2001;392:75-87. Multisurgeon assessment of surgical decision-making in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: curve classification, operative approach, and fusion levels. Lenke LG, Betz RR, Haher TR, et al. Spine. 2001;26:2347-2353...

...rest of her life, her father said. Straight line Though all spines have natural curves, the spines of people with scoliosis curve from side to side. On an X-ray, spines with scoliosis resemble an S or C. A normal spine tends to form a straight...

...with right thoracic scoliosis and 16 comparable individuals without spine deformity were included in this study. Scoliosis curve, vertebral rotation and concave and convex rib-vertebra-angle (RVA) at three vertebrae close to apical were measured...