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...

BACKGROUND We performed this study to investigate the influence of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) therapy on radiographic indices of the spine using propensity-matched analysis. METHODS Patients with idiopathic short stature who had undergone both growth hormone therapy and whole-spine radiographs more than twice prior to 15 years of age were included in the patient group. Other pati...

INTRODUCTION It is important to create a body of evidence surrounding the reliability of certain diagnostic criteria. While the reliability of the Cobb measurement is well established with various licensed health care professionals, this study aims to determine the inter- and intra-observer reliability of the Cobb Measurement among chiropractic interns. METHODS Fourteen chiropractic interns a...

Purpose: Reporting preliminary results of MCGR. Study design: A prospective uncontrolled, single-center, single-surgeon, clinical and radiological study Patient sample: Between November 2012 and March 2015, 14 children with EOS were treated using MCGR Outcome measures: Preoperative, postoperative and final follow-up (FFU) whole spine radiographs were reviewed to determine the degree of spinal d...

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most common form of scoliosis and usually affects young girls. Studies mostly describe the differences between scoliotic and non-scoliotic girls and focus primarily on a single set of parameters derived from spinal and pelvis morphology, posture or standing imbalance. No study addressed all these three biomechanical aspects simultaneously in pre-brac...

STUDY DESIGN Prospective clinical series. OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of adhesive pads placed over the apex of scoliosis curves on curve correction 1) after the first cast and 2) after the final cast. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Early-onset scoliosis is often effectively managed by serial casting. Properly localizing the apex of the molds with the cast in place is challenging. The auth...

Bisphosphonates are widely used to treat children with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a bone fragility disorder that is most often caused by mutations in COL1A1 or COL1A2. However, it is unclear whether this treatment decreases the risk of developing scoliosis. We retrospectively evaluated spine radiographs and charts of 437 patients (227 female) with OI caused by mutations in COL1A1 or COL1A2 a...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study using 27 contrast-enhanced multi-planar computed tomography scans of subjects with lumbar scoliosis. OBJECTIVE To assess the risk of injury of lumbar segmental arteries during transpsoas approach in patients with lumbar scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Although lumbar interbody fusion using big intervertebral cage through transpsoas approach has a big...

STUDY DESIGN Population-based longitudinal observational study. OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of scoliosis in Rett syndrome, structural characteristics and progression, taking into account the influences of age, genotype, and ambulatory status. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Scoliosis is the most common orthopedic comorbidity in Rett syndrome yet very little is known about its natural hi...