Health related quality of life in untreated and treated patients with AIS. Study I: back pain, curve magnitude and trunk appearance

Background Pain or fears about future pain is one of the main reasons for medical consultation. Patients and families use to believe that Cobb angle and back pain are linearly related. The relationship between scoliosis magnitude, HRQL and Self Perception of Trunk Deformity is not clear. To better understand this, a prospective data collection including age, main thoracic and lumbar or thoracolumbar Cob angle, Trunk Asymmetry Perception Scale TAPS, SRS-22 and current treatment was started involving all patients with idiopathic scoliosis attending a rehabilitation clinic, 10 years of age or older at the time of consultation. The data have been retrospectively analyzed and are presented in several studies. This is the study I.