Height gain after scoliosis correction is of a special interest for the patient and family. Ylikoski was the first to suggest a formula predicting height loss in untreated scoliotic patients. Stokes has recently suggested a new formula by using Cobb angle to determine height loss in idiopathic curves. We hypothesized that new additional variables to Cobb angle such as apical vertebral translati...

Methods The charts of the patients archived in a prospectively collected database were retrospectively reviewed. The inclusion criteria were: diagnosis of Early Onset Idiopathic Scoliosis based on spine radiography, age below 10 years, both girls and boys, Cobb angle between 11° and 30°, Risser zero, FITS therapy, no other treatment (nighttime bracing etc.), follow-up minimum 2 years from the i...

BACKGROUND Cobb measurement of standing radiographs is the standard for clinical assessment of coronal spinal deformity. Angle of trunk inclination (ATI) is an accepted clinical measurement of trunk asymmetry, and has variable reported correlations with Cobb angles. Transverse plane spine deformity is most accurately measured using axial computed tomography. Aaro and Dahlbourn's technique for q...

Methods Study design: retrospective controlled study. Population: Exercise Group (EG): 28 consecutive scoliosis patients (26 females), age 13±2, TRACE 4.5, Cobb angle 18±3°, ATR 7±3°, Risset 0-3. SpineCor Group (SG): 41 patients (33 females), age 13±1, TRACE score 6, Cobb angle 24±5°; ATR 8±3°, Risser 0-3. EG patients performed specific exercises twice per week according to the SEAS protocol. S...

Two nematode species found in Yen River Estuary of Vietnam are described and illustrated. Subsphaerolaimus minor sp. n. is similar to S. lamasus Gerlach, 1956, but differs from it in the shorter body, comparatively shorter pharynx and shorter cephalic setae. A pictorial key for determination of valid species in the genus Subsphaerolaimus Lorenzen, 1978 is given. Micromicron cephalatum Cobb, 192...

The subject of discussion is health care production functions. The parametric two-factor Cobb–Douglas and transcendental logarithmic (translog) production functions are frequently used. However, empirical and theoretical work has often questioned the validity of the parametric Cobb–Douglas and translog as a model for the production of health care. The aim of this study is to propose a new flexi...

Population 56 consecutive AIS patients from our prospective database (39 female; age 13±1, Cobb 21±4° ; ATR 11±4° ): 28 patients (19 females; age 13±1; TRACE score 6; Cobb angle 22±4° ; ATR 12±4° , Risser 0-3) treated by Spinecor 20/24 hours; 28 patients (20 females; age 13±1; TRACE score 5; Cobb angle 20±4° ; ATR 9±3° , Risser 0-3) treated by SEAS exercises.The short term results of treatment ...

Measurement of Cobb angle is the standard technique used for scoliosis assessment. The challenging task in computerized method lies in totally automating the method of curvature measurement from digital X-ray images. In this paper we presented a method which automatically measures the Cobb angle from radiographs after selection of the end vertebrae of the curve. The image processing methods use...

Methods Design: retrospective pre-post study. Protocol: in our database we searched for all patients who were prescribed a Sibilla, or Sforzesco Brace, 21h per day or more for AIS, 30-35° Cobb, more than 10 years old at first evaluation, and no previous brace treatment. We compared data from the last visit before beginning the brace, and the first visit after 6 months of brace treatment. Sforze...

Aim To evaluate the effectiveness of nighttime bracing in AIS. Methods: Inclusion criteria were patients diagnosed with AIS and skeletal immature. With an apex of the primary curve from TH7 and below and with a Cobb angel between 2045 degrees. The patients were asked to wear the brace at least 7-8 hours pr. night. No other previous treatments were accepted and a follow up at least 6 months out ...