Background Severe scoliosis in patients with cerebral palsy (CP) causes difficulty in sitting balance and creates increased nursing demands. Surgical stabilization has proven to be a valuable method to stop the progression of scoliosis [1]. However, the complication rate after such surgery is substantial[2]. Additionally, many patients with quadriplegia and large curvatures of the spine have im...

Beginning at birth, and until the moment of death, changes in the shape of one's spine are conditioned by the processes of posturogenesis. Posturogenesis (postural development) is a process of the form a body posture during the development. It is very intensive process, especially during the children life (Wolański 2005, Angelakopoulos et al., 2008) . The specificity of the construction of the ...

Management of a patient with moderate to severe scoliosis is often challenging in dental set-ups, due their poor sitting postures caused by spinal curvature. Intra-operative complexities usually increase the increased severity curvatures, which can be problematic on ends both patients and dentists, ultimately affecting treatment outcomes quality care. To minimize optimize care treatment, operat...

background :falls have been strongly associated with decreased physical activity and impaired mobility. reduced range of motion, as a consequence of muscle stiffness, has been indicated to assume a positive relationship to fall incidence. also clinical observations suggest that maintaining the normal spinal curves is associated with the prevention of spinal, knee and hip disorders. thus, the ai...

STUDY DESIGN A 12-year prospective study of de novo scoliosis in a community based cohort. OBJECTIVE.: To investigate factors associated with development of de novo scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA De novo scoliosis is becoming one of the most prevalent findings in the aging spine, and this condition is associated not only with severe back or leg symptoms but also with complicated surgic...