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...

Background For most scoliosis cases, the etiology is uncertain. It’s possible, however, that a certain number of idiopathic scoliosis cases could be classified by known vertebral spine pathologies. It’s been described in the literature that idiopathic scoliosis is related to dorsal hypokyphosis, but the existence of scoliosis in which this doesn’t happen has been proved. Scheuermann’s (SCH) dis...

STUDY DESIGN Prospective study. PURPOSE To determine the role of routine preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to detect the incidence and risk factors for intraspinal anomalies in patients with idiopathic scoliosis. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE The incidence and risk factors for intraspinal anomalies in patients with idiopathic scoliosis are controversial, and the indications for preoper...

BACKGROUND Although reports in the literature have demonstrated an approximately 20% prevalence of neural axis abnormalities in patients with juvenile idiopathic scoliosis who have a curve of >20 degrees, the prevalence of neural axis abnormalities in patients with infantile idiopathic scoliosis is not well documented. In two previous studies involving a total of only ten patients with infantil...

Scoliosis is a lateral deformation of the spine in shape letter “S” or “C”, which can be located different segments it. Idiopathic scoliosis most common form encountered 80% cases. Its nature cause not exactly known, so classification related to age at deformity detected. Purpose: Recognition and application some specific physiotherapeutic methods as part international treatment physiotherapist...

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is defined as a lateral and rotational curvature of the spine with an unknown origin. Scoliosis is diagnosed based on age of onset and clinical presentation. Physicians measure curve severity by Cobb’s angle, which is marked on an x-ray. Participation is sports, which require compressive and tensile forces on the spine increase risk of back-related injury, includ...

OBJECTIVES To describe and compare the distribution of spinopelvic parameters (SPP) in a Brazilian population with idiopathic scoliosis (IS) and neuromuscular scoliosis (NMS), and evaluate the association between pelvic incidence (PI) and lumbar lordosis (LL). METHOD Medical records investigation was performed. Sagital balance angles were measured in patients with neuromuscular and idiopathic...

Understandably describe historical and current spinal deformity classifications. Spinal deformities can be divided into three main categories: congenital, idiopathic, secondary deformities. Secondary is by far the largest group. Congenital are generally seen in very early ages may accompanied neural with systemic organ pathologies. Different classification systems based on clinical radiological...

BACKGROUND With increasing use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), underlying syringomyelia is increasingly found in patients with presumed idiopathic scoliosis. To determine the indications for MRI in the differential diagnosis of scoliosis, several clinical characteristics of syringomyelia have been reported. Neurological signs, particularly abnormal superficial abdominal reflex (SAR), are i...

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a common orthopedic disorder of unknown etiology and pathogenesis. Melatonin and melatonin pathway dysfunction has been widely suspected to play an important role in the pathogenesis. Many different types of animal models have been developed to induce experimental scoliosis mimicking the pathoanatomical features of idiopathic scoliosis in human. The scol...