Silvina P. Limandri,1,2 Alejo C. Carreras,1,3,* Rita D. Bonetto,1,4 and Jorge C. Trincavelli1,2 1Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientı́ficas y Técnicas, C1033AAJ Buenos Aires, Argentina 2Facultad de Matemática, Astronomı́a y Fı́sica, UNC, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina 3Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologı́a Quı́mica, UNSL, CC290–5700 San Luis, Argentina 4Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en C...

The purpose of the study was to examine effect spinal asymmetries on specific physical fitness parameters in young elite soccer players. Fifty male players, all members under 17 (U17) and 15 (U15) National teams Cyprus, were initially evaluated for thoracic kyphosis, lumbar lordosis scoliosis asymmetries. Based asymmetries’ initial evaluation, players categorized into asymmetry group (AG) norma...

Posture and flexibility were assessed in 34 athletes. Subjects were divided into two groups: (1) a noninjured group that did not have a history of hamstring strain injury within the previous 12 months; (2) an injured group that had a history of hamstring strain within the previous 12 months. Ten postural components were assessed: head erectness; shoulder symmetry; spinal curvature; hip symmetry...

BACKGROUND This review summarizes what is known about the pathological processes (e.g. structural and functional changes), by which spinal curvatures develop and evolve into spinal deformities. METHODS Comprehensive review of articles (English language only) published on 'scoliosis,' whose content yielded data on the pathological changes associated with spinal curvatures. Medline, Science Cit...

Arthritis is the common term used to describe pathological changes of joints and adjoining parts of the bone. Several types of arthritis commonly affect the spine. Osteoarthritis, a non-inflammatory type of arthritis, most often affects the cervical spine and the lumbar spine. Neck pain, limited neck and head motion, low back pain, and limited flexibility of the low back can result from progres...

STUDY DESIGN A prospective study; 2-group design. OBJECTIVE This study aims to assess the time response of scoliotic spines to orthotic intervention using clinical ultrasound. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Patients with moderate adolescent idiopathic scoliosis are generally advised orthotic treatment. However, the time to reach maximum correction after donning spinal orthosis or the time to re...