BACKGROUND Controversy still exists around surgical strategies for Lenke type 1C and 2C curves with primary thoracic and compensatory lumbar curves in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). The benefit of selective thoracic fusion (STF) for these curve types is spontaneous lumbar curve correction while saving more mobile lumbar segments. However, a risk of postoperative coronal decompensation a...

Quality of life (QoL) and stress level of adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis is under growing consideration by physicians, physiotherapists and other specialists (psychologist, nurses). The aim of the study was to evaluate the quality of life and stress level in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis who are under brace treatment. It involved 45 adolescents, ages ranging between 10.0 and 15.0...

Methods It involved 59 adolescents, (50 girls, 9 boys), ages ranging between 10.0 and 17.0 years, all with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) with Cobb angle between 20-58 degrees. The adolescents were wearing the same kind of brace (Chêneau orthosis) for more than 6 months, for at least 16h per day. Three questionnaires were used: Trunk Appearance Perception Scale (TAPS), Bad Sobernheim Str...

BACKGROUND A retrospective study of staged surgery for severe rigid scoliosis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the result of staged surgery in treatment of severe rigid scoliosis and to discuss the indications. METHODS From 1998 to 2006, 21 cases of severe rigid scoliosis with coronal Cobb angle more than 80 degrees were treated by staged surgeries including anterior release and hal...

BACKGROUND Some patients with mild or moderate thoracic scoliosis (Cobb angle <50-60 degrees) suffer disproportionate impairment of pulmonary function associated with deformities in the sagittal plane and reduced flexibility of the spine and chest cage. Long-term improvement in the clinical signs and symptoms of childhood onset scoliosis in an adult, without surgical intervention, has not been ...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the severity of lumbar spine pain and the extent to which it affects everyday activities in patients treated surgically for scoliosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty female patients who had undergone Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation for idiopathic scoliosis were asked to complete a questionnaire. The mean age of the patients at the time of surgery was 15.5 years, and the m...

Background Very few studies examine the efficacy of outpatient Schroth therapy for the management of scoliosis, especially in countries such as the U.S. where a third-party payer constrains the therapy duration to an average of 1-3 sessions. Study patient description: double major scoliosis, thoracic Cobb angle 38° and lumbar Cobb angle 24°. Angle of Trunk Rotation (ATR) was 13° in the thoracic...

Materials and methods Prospective study 32 patients surgery AIS from 2003 to 2006. 3 males-29 females. Mean age 15.9 years. BMI and Cobb angle was measured before surgery. After we measure Cobb, the physical alteration of perception by BSQ14, the postoperative satisfaction with a questionnaire of 8 questions and the SRS-22 [2].Patients were grouped according to BMI, BMI <18 (group 1) and> 18 (g...

BACKGROUND Given the relative lack of treatment options for mild to moderate scoliosis, when the Cobb angle measurements fall below the 25-30 degrees range, conservative manual therapies for scoliosis treatment have been increasingly investigated in recent years. In this case series, we present 3 specific cases of scoliosis. CASE PRESENTATION Patient presentation, examination, intervention an...

BACKGROUND Radiographs are used to monitor thoracic kyphosis in individuals with certain pathologies (e.g. osteoporosis), exposing patients to potentially harmful radiation. Thus, other measures for monitoring the progression of thoracic kyphosis are desirable. The gravity-dependent inclinometer has been shown to be reliable but its validity as a measure of thoracic kyphosis has not been invest...