BACKGROUND Though several studies have reported the incidence of intraspinal neural axis abnormalities in infantile and juvenile "presumed idiopathic" scoliosis, there has been a varying prevalence ranging from 11.1 to 26.0% based on a limited sample size. Therefore, such inconclusive findings have resulted in some questions on the MRI-associated role in the management of these patients. We aim...

Background: Idiopathic scoliosis is a three-dimensional structural deformity of the spine that occurs in children and adolescents. Recent reviews on bracing and exercise treatment have provided some evidence for effect of these interventions. The purpose of this study is to improve the evidence base regarding the effectiveness of conservative treatments for preventing curve progression in idiop...

BACKGROUND Recent reports have suggested a rotational strength weakness in rotations to the concave side in patients with idiopathic scoliosis. There have been no studies presenting normative values of female adolescent trunk rotational strength to which a comparison of female adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis could be made. The purpose of this study was to determine trunk rotational streng...

Methods A sample of 10 patients, ranging in age from 11 to 16 years, with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis presented to a private chiropractic clinic for evaluation and management. All 10 patients had double major scoliosis curve patterns and were fitted for a long-lever orthosis system. Once in place, scoliosis radiographs were obtained while wearing the orthoses. Outcome measurements included ...

From the time of the initial definition of infantile idiopathic scoliosis as an entity (James 1951) it has been appreciated that in many infants with this scoliosis spontaneous resolution occurs in the first years of life. There is, however, a smaller but much more important group in which seemingly identical curves progress relentlessly, perhaps to 150 degrees, causing one of the severest form...

Scoliosis may be a spinal manifestation of underlying disease, therefore, imaging plays a very important role in determining the underlying aetiology of so-called 'idiopathic' scoliosis. If underlying intraspinal defects go unrecognised and untreated, irreversible neurological deficit can develop. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the modality of choice for imaging the spinal canal, albeit co...

BACKGROUND In patients with structural idiopathic scoliosis the body asymmetries involve the pelvis and the lower limbs; they are included in many theories debating the pathogenesis of idiopathic scoliosis. METHODS Hip joint range of motion was studied in 158 adolescent girls, aged 10-18 years (mean 14.2 +/- 2.0) with structural idiopathic scoliosis of 20-83 degrees of Cobb angle (mean 43.0 d...

BACKGROUND Idiopathic scoliosis is a three-dimensional structural deformity of the spine that occurs in children and adolescents. Recent reviews on bracing and exercise treatment have provided some evidence for effect of these interventions. The purpose of this study is to improve the evidence base regarding the effectiveness of conservative treatments for preventing curve progression in idiopa...