BACKGROUND The SRS-22 is a valid instrument for the assessment of the health related quality of life of patients with Idiopathic scoliosis. The SRS-22 questionnaire was developed in USA and has been widely used in the English speaking countries. Recently it has been translated and validated in many other languages. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the reliability and validity of the ada...

PURPOSE The Scoliosis Research Society-22 (SRS-22) questionnaire is a widely accepted questionnaire used to assess the health-related quality of life for scoliosis patients in the United States. However, its adaptation in other languages is necessary for its multinational use. A cross-sectional study was performed to evaluate the validity and reliability of an adapted Thai version of the SRS-22...

Scoliosis is the brainchild of a dedicated group of researchers and clinicians. In September 2003 Dr. Manuel Rigo invited leading specialists on conservative treatment of scoliosis from all over the world to Barcelona, for the first International Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities. The meeting took place in January 2004 and has to be regarded as a great success. During ...

AIM The reliability evaluation of the Italian version of the Scoliosis Research Society-22 Patient Questionnaire (SRS-22-I), administered to adolescents with mild vertebral deformities, is evaluated. METHODS STUDY DESIGN forward-backward translation, pretest, final version according to a focus-group evaluation, and 1 week test/retest. POPULATION pretest: 35 subjects (22 females), age ran...

La Escoliosis se puede definir como curvatura lateral de la columna con rotación las vértebras dentro misma, y presenta en más del 80% los casos es frecuente mujeres. gravedad esta clasifica, según medición radiográfica grados Cobb; así, 20° leve, 80 o grave. El objetivo este estudio conocer incidencia el adolescente 12 a 15 años escuela Secundaria Técnica N° 2 turno vespertino, utilizando tres...

Scoliosis is a three-dimensional structural deformity of the spine; more than 80% scoliosis has no specific pathogenesis but understood to be closely related genetic, hormonal, and environmental factors. In recent years, epigenetic alterations observed in have been analyzed numerous studies determine progression this condition, however, there currently comprehensive review factors date. We sear...

BACKGROUND Literature guiding the management of early-onset scoliosis consists primarily of studies with a low level of evidence. Evaluation of clinical equipoise (i.e., when there is no known superiority among treatment modalities) allows for prioritization of research efforts. The objective of this study was to evaluate areas of clinical uncertainty among pediatric spine surgeons regarding th...

This paper reports a new method for expressing numerically asymmetry of the contour of the back in a forward-bending position. Information is given at three spinal levels (T8, T12 and L3) for 636 schoolchildren aged 8 to 15 years. Rib-hump and lumbar-hump scores were standardised to create trunk asymmetry scores (TASs) making comparison possible between children of different age, size and sex. ...