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Spinal deformity and athletics.
Exercise and athletic competition for the young individual has become increasingly more important in society. Scoliosis and Scheurmann kyphosis are spinal deformities prevalent in up to 2% to 3% and 7% of the population respectively, requiring nonoperative and occasionally operative treatment. Curve progression and patient physiologic age dictate treatment regimens. Bracing and physical therapy...
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The Department of Photogrammetry Warsaw University of Technology has been involved in use of in industrial and biomedical applications moiré topography for over ten years. Most of this effort has been inspired by a particular application, namely, the determination of the surface topography of the human back for the detection and diagnosis of spinal deformity. The moiré technique is recommended ...
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The effects of treatment of scoliosis in neurofibromatosis type 1 are less satisfactory than other scoliotic types due to the particular pathogenesis and clinical characteristics. Surgical treatment usually included 360 degrees fusion with instrumentation, but optimal strategies are different according to the degree of deformity. High incidence of pseudarthrosis, extensive bleeding and curve pr...
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BACKGROUND Radiation to the juxtaspinal area in children with malignant tumors induces the appearance of a postradiation spinal deformity (PRSD) with drastic progression during the growth spurt, so surgical correction is mandatory. Methods of surgical treatment depend on the age of the patient, and the type and size of the spinal deformity. METHODS A long-term retrospective survey of 6 patien...
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Purpose To review the current literature for the nonoperative and operative treatment for adult spinal deformity. Recent Findings With more than 11 million baby boomers joining the population of over 60 years of age in the United States, the incidence of lumbar deformity is greatly increasing. Recent literature suggests that a lack of evidence exists to support the effectiveness of nonoperative...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurosurgical Focus
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1092-0684
DOI: 10.3171/foc.2003.14.1.1