OBJECTIVE: The correlation between pain complaints and the severity of the spinal curvature in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis remains controversial. The aim of this studywas to evaluate the presence and intensity of back pain in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients at different stages of the disease. METHODS: Sixty-four individuals participated in this study with scoliotic curves (Cobb ang...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in school children from 10 to 14 years in public schools in Goiânia, GO, Brazil. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, 476 students were randomly selected from 5 public schools, from a total of 33,343 students distributed in 162 schools. These subjects received the informed consent prior, which was returned after being s...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective case-control studyOBJECTIVE.: The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of selective thoracic fusion in the surgical treatment of patients with syringomyelia-associated scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Selective thoracic fusion technique was introduced to treat idiopathic scoliosis patients with major thoracic curve. Theoretically, such therap...

BACKGROUND Right thoracic curvature, rib cage deformities and aortic left shift are features of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis that are correlated with each other. We recently reported that disturbance of ribcage development results in progressive thoracic scoliosis in mice. Recently, it has been confirmed that the normal spine exhibits right thoracic curvature and rib cage deformities and tha...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of three-dimensional (3D) Schroth exercises in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. DESIGN A randomised-controlled study. SETTING An outpatient exercise-unit and in a home setting. SUBJECTS Fifty-one patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. INTERVENTIONS Forty-five patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis meeting the inclusion crite...

BACKGROUND Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is a prevalent orthopedic problem in children ages 10 to 16years. Although genetic, physiological and biomechanical factors are considered to contribute to the onset and progression of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, the underlying mechanisms are not yet clear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between spinal deformity and i...

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is a multifactorial disorder including neurological factors. A dysfunction of the sensorimotor networks processing vestibular information could be related to spine deformation. This study investigates whether feed-forward vestibulomotor control or sensory reweighting mechanisms are impaired in adolescent scoliosis patients. Vestibular evoked postural responses we...

OBJECTIVES Scoliosis is the disease which has a long history over one century. However, the pathogenesis remains unclear at present. To demonstrate the effect of different selenium content in environment on the morbidity of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). METHODS Retrospective cohort study (follow-up from 1997 to 2009): compare the difference morbidity between high selenium group and t...

This was a prospective study on the association of brace compliance and curve progression in idiopathic scoliosis. Compliance was measured electronically by embedding a temperature sensor and logger in the Wilmington scoliosis brace. To date there have been no studies that relate objective measures of compliance in a scoliosis brace to treatment outcomes. Thirty-four subjects with idiopathic sc...

OBJECTIVE Previous epidemiological studies of adole-scent idiopathic scoliosis in mainland China have had diverse results. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the epidemiology of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis based on a representative sample city, Wuxi, in eastern China. METHODS Primary and secondary school students aged 10-16 years were enrolled in the study. Physical ex...