Scoliosis News - Research

CD Instrument
Objective. To evaluate long-term results after operative treatment with Cotrel-Dubousset (CD) instrumentation for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).
Author: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc
Date Posted: 3rd September 2007

Pathogenesis Research
Transverse A twenty-year research on the pathogenesis of functional disorders of the respiratory tract in children and adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis.
Date Posted: 31st July 2007

Hadasit Back Brace
An experimental back brace developed by Hadasit, the technology transfer company of Hadassah University Medical Centers, has shown positive results in treating scoliosis in a clinical trial.
Author: Hadasit
Date Posted: 31st July 2007

Scoliosis & Prader Willi
Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare disease associated with a variety of musculoskeletal abnormalities, including scoliosis, joint hyperlaxity, and delayed bone age.
Date Posted: 20th July 2007

Brain over Pain?
Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare disease associated with a variety of musculoskeletal abnormalities, including scoliosis, joint hyperlaxity, and delayed bone age.
Author: Carey Goldberg
Date Posted: 23rd January 2006

Trunk Rotational Strength
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..
Author: Kevin L McIntire
Date Posted: 17th July 2007

Biometry Scoliosis
Many studies have been devoted to the role of back muscle activity in the development of scoliosis. While an imbalance in the electromyographic (EMG) activity has often been detected at the skin surface, very little information is available on the mechanisms by which such an imbalance could take place.
Author: Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Date Posted: July 2007

Scoliosis Boys & Girls
It is usually diagnosed when children are entering puberty, most often in females. Three-to-five out of every 1,000 children develop scoliosis. Rarely does it begin to occur in adults.
Author: LSMJ.com
Date Posted: July 2007

Surgical Decision
The objective of this paper was to assess the reliability of surgeons' decision-making in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) based on patient photographs and clinical and radiographic data.
Date Posted: 15th June 2007