the purpose of this study is to summarize the treatment options for scoliosis and spine deformities from antiquity through medieval times up to the renaissance. furthermore, it is to present the contribution of “the father of modern surgery”, ambroise paré (1510-1590), to this field. paré was a distinguished surgeon of the renaissance with many contributions to surgery, including war trauma, ob...

AIM To investigate the reliability and concurrent validity of the Baseline® Body Level/Scoliosis meter for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis postural assessment in three anatomical planes. METHODS This is an observational reliability and concurrent validity study of adolescent referrals to the Orthopaedic department for scoliosis screening at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden be...

Background Early-onset scoliosis, when left untreated, leads to severe deformity. Until the last decade, treatment of progressive curves in young children often consisted of definitive spinal fusion. The recognition of thoracic insufficiency syndrome associated with definitive early fusion has led to the development of new surgical techniques developed to preserve spinal and thoracic growth in ...

There is no generally accepted scientific theory for the causes of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). As part of its mission to widen understanding of scoliosis etiology, the International Federated Body on Scoliosis Etiology (IBSE) introduced the electronic focus group (EFG) as a means of increasing debate on knowledge of important topics. This has been designated as an on-line Delphi disc...

BACKGROUND It is known that in the last decade, spinal disorders are increasing among children, and this generates high concern in areas of healthcare and educational stakeholders to develop preventative strategies to help curb this trend. This paper intends to go a step further in this direction and to explore factors associated with the presence of scoliosis hump, thus contributing to a bette...

Introduction. Aesthetic appearance is one of the major concerns in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients and its improvement main treatment's goals. Poor trunk associated with reduced quality life adolescents scoliosis. Aim. To review instruments that have been created to evaluate poor these children. Material methods. PubMed database Consortium Libraries Serbia for Unified Acquisition...

STUDY DESIGN In vitro assays were performed with bone-forming cells isolated from 41 patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and 17 control patients exhibiting another type of scoliosis or none. OBJECTIVE To determine whether a dysfunction of the melatonin-signaling pathway in tissues targeted by this hormone is involved in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA P...

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...

Introduction Surface topography (ST) has been proposed to monitor changes in spinal and rib cage deformity in adolescent with idiopathic scoliosis. The changes in ST parameters used to monitor scoliosis should be related to scoliosis progression and not to changes in torso shape occurring with growth. The objective was to determine the correlation between growth indicators and full-torso surfac...

Methods A sample of 10 patients, ranging in age from 11 to 16 years, with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis presented to a private chiropractic clinic for evaluation and management. All 10 patients had double major scoliosis curve patterns and were fitted for a long-lever orthosis system. Once in place, scoliosis radiographs were obtained while wearing the orthoses. Outcome measurements included ...