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  • Physical Therapy Intervention Studies on Idiopathic Scoliosis - Review with the focus on Inclusion Criteria * - Conclusion: There is no outcome paper on PT in scoliosis with a patient sample at risk for being progressive in adults or in adolescents followed from premenarchial status until skeletal maturity. However, papers on bracing are more frequently found and bracing can be regarded as evidence-based in the conservative management and rehabilitation of idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents. (Source: Scoliosis)
  • 2011 SOSORT Guidelines: Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment of Idiopathic Scoliosis During Growth - Conclusion: These Guidelines have been a big effort of SOSORT to paint the actual situation of CTIS, starting from the evidence, and filling all the gray areas using a scientific method. According to results, it is possible to understand the lack of research in general on CTIS. SOSORT invites researchers to join, and clinicians to develop good research strategies to allow in the future to support or refute these recommendations according to new and stronger evidence. (Source: Scoliosis)
  • Biomechanical Evaluation of Predictive Parameters of Progression in Adolescent Isthmic Spondylolisthesis: a computer modeling and simulation study - Conclusions: Progression of the slippage is mostly affected by a movement and an increase of stresses at the lumbosacral junction in accordance with spino-pelvic parameters. The statistical results provide evidence that pelvic incidence is a predictive parameter to determine progression in isthmic spondylolisthesis. (Source: Scoliosis)
  • Scoliosis short-term rehabilitation (SSTR) according to 'Best Practice' standards - are the results repeatable? - Conclusion: Out-patient rehabilitation following the Scoliologic (TM) 'Best Practice' standards seems to provide an improvement of signs and symptoms of scoliosis patients in this study using a pre- / post prospective design. The results of the pilot study therefore seem to be repeatable. (Source: Scoliosis)
  • Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), environment, exposome and epigenetics: A molecular perspective of postnatal normal spinal growth and the etiopathogenesis of AIS with consideration of a network approach and possible implications for medical therapy - Genetic factors are believed to play an important role in the etiology of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Discordant findings for monozygotic (MZ) twins with AIS show that environmental factors including different intrauterine environments are important in etiology, but what these environmental factors may be is unknown. Recent evidence for common chronic non-communicable diseases suggests epigenetic differences may underlie MZ twin discordance, and be the link between environmental factors and phenotypic differences. DNA methylation is one important epigenetic mechanism operating at the interface between genome and environment to regulate phenotypic plasticity with a complex regulation across the genome during the first decade of life. The word exposome refers to the totality of en...
  • Conservative treatment of idiopathic scoliosis according to FITS concept: presentation of the method and preliminary, short term radiological and clinical results based on SOSORT and SRS criteria. - Conclusion: Best results were obtained in 10-25 degrees scoliosis which is a good indication to start therapy before more structural changes within the spine establish. (Source: Scoliosis)
  • Is decreased bone mineral density associated with development of scoliosis? A bipedal osteopenic rat model - Conclusions: This study has revealed two important findings. One is that bipedality (in the absence of pinealectomy) by itself may be a cause of scoliosis in this animal model. Further studies on animal models need to consider bipedality as an independent factor. Secondly, relative hypokyphosis in osteopenic animals may have important implications. The absence of sagittal plane analyses in previous studies makes comparison impossible, but nonetheless these findings suggest that osteopenia may be important in the development of 3D deformity in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. (Source: Scoliosis)
  • School screening and point prevalence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in 4000 Norwegian children aged 12 years. - CONCLUSION:The point prevalence of AIS in 12-year old children is in agreement or slightly lower than previous studies. The screening model employed demonstrates acceptable sensitivity and specificity and low referral rates.Screening at the age of 12 years only was not effective for detecting patients with indication for brace treatment. (Source: Scoliosis)
  • Joint hypermobility in children with idiopathic scoliosis: SOSORT award 2011 winner - Conclusions: JHM occurs more frequently in children with IS than in healthy sex and age matched controls. No relation of JHM with radiological parameters, treatment type and age was found. Systematically searched in IS children, JHM should be taken into account when physiotherapy is planned. (Source: Scoliosis)
  • Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome with scoliosis - Conclusions: We succeeded in treating the patient without complications. Full-length spine standing radiographs at one year after the second operation demonstrated a stable bony arthrodesis with no loss of initial correction. (Source: Scoliosis)
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