Background The EOS is a low-dose digital stereoradiography system that can produce highly reproducible spine measurements. The Milwaukee Topographic System (MTS) has reliably detected the 3-dimensional (3D) back surface contour changes. The correlation between Cobb angles and the MTS analog to Cobb angles in both the sagittal and coronal planes have been studied, but data are limited for compar...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of core strengthening exercises on Cobb angle and muscle activity in male college students with functional scoliosis. METHODS Static and dynamic back muscle activity were evaluated via surface electromyography (sEMG). A core exercise protocol comprising 18 exercises was performed three times/week for 10 weeks. Patients were randomly allocated to either a home- o...

Methods Design: retrospective cohort study. Population: 351 AIS patients (306 females), age 10-15 years at first assessment (average 12.9±1.4), worst curve 35.6±11.4° Cobb, ATR 11±4.3°, median Risser 2, BMI 19.7±3. All subjects included were prescribed a brace treatment at first visit (initially 18-23 hours per day) accompanied by Scoliosis Physiotherapic Exercise according to the Scientific Ex...

Fay Cobb Payton North Carolina State University

Late-onset (adolescent) idiopathic scoliosis is the commonest spinal deformity seen in our clinics. Like many orthopaedic deformities the degree of the condition determines its importance. When schoolchildren are examined many small inconsequential curves may be seen since it is difficult to keep a straight spine in the face of threedimensional growth for 20 years. The condition becomes progres...

Szent-Gy6rgi. The nerve is described as an electro-chemical generator, although it is admitted that the events at the synapses are pirobably "not purely electrical." The theory envisages the electrotonic current as the "master tool of nervous integration." This may be true, but probably will not be proven for many years. In the meanwhile it is confusing to use the vocabulary of the electrical p...

Szent-Gy6rgi. The nerve is described as an electro-chemical generator, although it is admitted that the events at the synapses are pirobably "not purely electrical." The theory envisages the electrotonic current as the "master tool of nervous integration." This may be true, but probably will not be proven for many years. In the meanwhile it is confusing to use the vocabulary of the electrical p...

Background The goals of Scoliosis Specific Schroth Physiotherapy (SSSPT) are to restore muscle balance, reshape the rib cage and reduce the rib hump to improve the esthetic of the patient, to increase the breathing areas and vital capacity, to reduce the Cobb angles, and to avoid spinal fusion surgery. Measuring the Cobb angles on P-A radiographs, assessing the sagittal profile on lateral radio...

Methods We enrolled 10 patients (5 for the experimental group, and 5 for control group) with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, treated for up to 4 individual sessions of 40 minutes, according to a Self-correction of the scoliotic curve learning approach. Inclusion criteria: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Cobb degrees range between 15 ° and 30 ° Patients with, or without, brace treatment The con...