Methods We enrolled 10 patients (5 for the experimental group, and 5 for control group) with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, treated for up to 4 individual sessions of 40 minutes, according to a Self-correction of the scoliotic curve learning approach. Inclusion criteria: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Cobb degrees range between 15 ° and 30 ° Patients with, or without, brace treatment The con...

The aim of the study study is to determine whether bilateral pedicle screw placement and posterior only spinal fusion improves sagittal correction parameters compared to alternate posterior segmental fixation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. 49 patients with Lenke Type 1 main thoracic curves who underwent single stage posterior only instrumentation and spinal fusion at a single center were r...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the interobserver agreement of the Lenke and King classifications for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, and to compare the results of surgery performed based on classification of the scoliosis according to each of these classification systems. METHODS The study was conducted in Shohada Hospital in Tabriz, Iran, between 2009 and 2010. First, a re...

This broad narrative review addresses the relationship between adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and back pain. AIS can be responsible for low back pain, particularly major cases. However, a linear relationship between back pain and the magnitude of the deformity cannot be expected for any individual patient. A large number of juvenile patients can remain pain-free. The long-term prognosis ...

The Editor-in-Chief and the Medical Editors at BioMed Central have retracted this article [1] because the first author did not fully declare his association with Koob Scolitech, which holds the rights in and to the Spinealite brace and has filed for a patent for that brace. Furthermore, the direct association between Koob Scolitech and the Spinealite brace was not made clear in the article. Thi...

Background Adolescence is considered a critical phase, and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) can have a considerably negative impact on a patient's quality of life (Payne, Ogilvie, Resnick, Kane, Transfeldt, Blum, 1997). AIS can also produce psychosocial problems through potentially detrimental effects on body image, and bracing can exacerbate this problem. There are currently two questionn...

Background Thoracic hump, shoulder imbalance, lumbar hump were known as trunk deformities associated with scoliosis bothering patients. In addition to these deformities, anterior chest hump (ACH) occurring at the distal end of the anterior chest wall on the convex side, may be another noteworthy problem. We evaluated how much patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) were bothered by ...

Purpose: Scoliosis is one of the most common spinal deformities that affect chest wall mechanics. Scoliosis results in ventilator disorders and respiratory muscle weakness. However, the mechanism of these disorders is still unknown. The main objective of this study was to identify the intensity of respiratory muscles activity in patients with idiopathic scoliosis compare with healthy indi...

INTRODUCTION Scoliosis is a complex three-dimensional spine deformity with the frontal plane deflexion (side-shift) of the series of vertebra from the midline and with torque deformity of vertebra, ribs, and the entire trunk towards the apex of curve. Chronic venous diseases present a group of pathological conditions caused by the increased venous pressure. The venous pressure may be increased ...

BACKGROUND Non-surgical interventions for adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis remain highly controversial. Despite the publication of numerous reviews no explicit methodological evaluation of papers labeled as, or having a layout of, a systematic review, addressing this subject matter, is available. OBJECTIVES Analysis and comparison of the content, methodology, and evidence-base from syste...