BACKGROUND Scoliosis is present in 3-5% of the children in the adolescent age group, with a higher incidence in females. Treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is mainly dependent on the progression of the scoliotic curve. There is a close relationship between curve progression and rapid (spinal) growth of the patient during puberty. However, until present time no conclusive method was fo...

Introduction Many chromosomic locations have been linked with the AIS, however, no causative genes have been clearly identified. We recently identified two regions (3q12.1 and 5q13.3) containing possibly causative gene(S) of AIS (Edery et al. 2011). Our recent work identified diseasecausing variants in a gene (that we called PFK2) in French AIS families (Patten et al. submitted 2014). We sought...

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is the most common form of Idiopathic Scoliosis (IS) with a prevalence of 3% 5.2% among children [1]. Disease progression and sequelae depend on the location, severity, and rate of progression of the curve. Curves tend to progress most rapidly during growth phases [1,2]. Treatments and are focused on early bracing to stem curve progression and surgical curv...

The effects of pelvic asymmetry and idiopathic scoliosis on postural balance during sitting were studied by measuring inclination angles, pressure distribution, and electromyography. Participants were classified into a control group, pelvic asymmetry group, scoliosis group, and scoliosis with pelvic asymmetry and then performed anterior, posterior, left, and right pelvic tilting while sitting o...

Currently, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is principally regarded as benign, but some researchers have cited serious or extreme effects, including severe pain, cardiopulmonary compromise, social isolation, and even early death. Therefore, exploration of the long-term effects of AIS, the most common type of idiopathic scoliosis, is warranted. The purpose of this review was to examine the ...

Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine may affect postural balance pattern in static and dynamic condition. Previous studies demonstrated asymmetrical balance patterns of adolescent patients with idiopathic scoliosis during sitting and walking. However, pressure distribution data have been rarely used to analyze asymmetrical postural pattern of scoliotic patients. In this study, pressure data ...

Objective: To report on the care of a patient with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis over four years. Clinical Features: A 14 year old female with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis presented to a private chiropractic rehabilitation clinic for care. She had complaints of mild thoracic and right sacroiliac pain which worsened during prolonged sitting or while running long distances. Her scoliosis mea...

Scoliosis Research Society defined scoliosis deformity as a lateral curvature of the spine on a radiograph of the spine taken in standing position.1 The degree of the curve is measured as the angle between the most inclined vertebral end-plates at each end of the curve (the Cobb angle). There are many causes of scoliosis deformity. It can be structural due to spinal pathologies or non-structura...