BACKGROUND CONTEXT Spinal deformities are commonly associated with poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Several questionnaires (eg, Scoliosis Research Society-24 [SRS-24] and Scoliosis Research Society-22 [SRS-22]) have been developed to evaluate HRQOL in these conditions. In adults as well as during growth, the HRQOL is considered one of the most relevant outcomes of both conservative ...

Abstract Aims: Scoliosis is one of the secondary complications in amputation veterans, which requires periodic evaluations. The gold standard for evaluating the spine is radiography, which has caused many concerns due to the very high doses of X-ray radiation. For this reason, therapists are finding for an alternative method for this tool, so ultrasound is a non-invasive tool with different me...

Purpose: Scoliosis is one of the most common spinal deformities that affect chest wall mechanics. Scoliosis results in ventilator disorders and respiratory muscle weakness. However, the mechanism of these disorders is still unknown. The main objective of this study was to identify the intensity of respiratory muscles activity in patients with idiopathic scoliosis compare with healthy indi...

Fusion to the sacrum presents as a complex and difficult technical procedure with outcomes which have been up until recently, relatively poor, with high pseudoarthrosis rates and associated with the development of so called flat back deformity or loss of lumbar lordosis. Previous reports from the morbidity committee of The Scoliosis Research Society in the late 1970’s indicated that this did no...

Adults with scoliosis often present with multiple complications and co-morbidities affecting their quality of life. The primary source of pain and dysfunction may or not be directly related to the scoliosis but may be related to secondary or tertiary problems. Success for conservative treatment in adults with scoliosis hinges on the clinician’s ability to systematically identify direct and indi...

Background. The goal of our study was to assess the outcome of the surgical treatment of scoliosis using the Cotrel- Dubousset method. Material and methods. The study population consisted of 30 girls, aged 13-19 years, with right-sided thoracic scoliosis, grades II, III and IV. All these subjects were operated using the Cotrel-Dubousset method. The research program included measurements of the ...

Introduction (research question) During adolescence scoliosis has been considered a risk factor for psychological disturbs regardless of treatment status: a stress response can be roused by spinal deformity and increased by brace treatment. A disturbance in Body Image is an almost universal finding in adolescents with scoliosis, mainly in female adolescents wearing a brace. However, Dekel et al...