BACKGROUND Importance of hereditary factors in the etiology of Idiopathic Scoliosis is widely accepted. In clinical practice some of the IS patients present with positive familial history of the deformity and some do not. Traditionally about 90% of patients have been considered as sporadic cases without familial recurrence. However the exact proportion of Familial and Sporadic Idiopathic Scolio...

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is regarded as a multifactorial disease and none of the many suggested causal etiologies have yet prevailed. I will suggest that adolescent idiopathic scoliosis has one common denominator, namely that initial curve development is mediated through one common normal physiological pathway of thoracic rotational instability. This is a consequence of gender specific n...

AIM Primary care practitioners should screen young adolescent patients for idiopathic scoliosis and refer those who could benefit from bracing to prevent curve progression and the need for surgery. Adolescents without a regular source of primary care may be at higher risk for not having their scoliosis diagnosed in time to benefit from bracing. We sought to determine whether adolescents with id...

Background. This article provides basic information concerning a new conservative treatment for idiopathic scoliosis, with appropriate asymmetric flexion-rotation exercises and special redressing positions. Material and method. The analysis was based on 288 children with scoliosis and a control group of 268 children. The authors describe the most important exercises and provide a statistical an...

BACKGROUND The complex skeletal deformations that accompany Idioapthic Scoliosis pose a challenge to the clinician to non-invasively discriminate Idiopathic Scoliosis patients from children with no pathology. Therefore, the focus of this study is to non-invasively evaluate the position and amplitude of displacement of the pelvis, shoulders and thorax during quiet standing of Idiopathic Scoliosi...

OBJECTIVE To study the patterns of scoliosis seen in a major Spinal Unit in Saudi Arabia. METHODS Medical records of 192 Saudi patients with scoliosis seen between 1992 and 1997 at the Spinal Unit of the Riyadh Medical Complex (which is a major spinal unit in the Kingdom) were studied and analyzed and epidemiological data was collected. RESULTS Fifty nine percent of all cases of scoliosis w...

BACKGROUND There are no data on social acceptability of scoliosis. Aim. To elicit evidence-based opinions on therapeutic strategies for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in a sample of families with not affected children, so to understand the social perception of this issue. METHODS Design. Cross-sectional study. Setting. Secondary schools in 4 northern Italian regions. Participants. Parents of...

background:  adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (ais) may lead to physical and mental problems. it also can adversely affect patient satisfaction and the quality of life. in this study, we assessed the outcomes and satisfaction rate after surgical treatment of ais using scoliosis research society-30 questionnaire (srs-30).   methods:  we enrolled 135 patients with ais undergoing corrective surgery...

We report on a case in which computed tomography was used to guide placement of an epidural catheter in a patient with severe scoliosis and congenital dwarfism. In addition, the computed tomograms were corroborated with ultrasound and fluoroscopic images in the patient. Three years later, the patient had a spinal anaesthetic performed with only the use of ultrasound-guidance. Ease of placement ...