Screening is performed on the adolescent around the age of 10 and again around 13. The condition is more common in girls and is commonly diagnosed as idiopathic. The advent of the MRI has helped to discover other causes of scoliosis, particularly in boys. Our experience started with an ...
The article offers information on the adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), as well as its prevalence and treatment. It says that AIS curve is more common in girls than in boys and increases throughout due to the progression of the curve that is associated with adolescent growth spurt and ...
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most common form of structural spinal deformities that have a radiological lateral Cobb angle — a measure of spinal curvature — of ≥10°. AIS affects between 1% and 4% of adolescents in the early stages of puberty and is more common in young ...
16 Alternatively, the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the Scoliosis Research Society, the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America, and the American Academy of Pediatrics all advocate screening for scoliosis in girls at 10 and 12 years of age and once in adolescent boys at 13 or 14...
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A temperature monitor is used to objectively measure brace wear time in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The reliability of this device have been demonstrated, and some specialists introduced the use of a compliance monitor as a standard of care in everyday clinical practice, as we did since 2010...
Brace therapy’s influence on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis’s (AIS) natural course is inconclusive. Methods Brace-treated AIS patients from 2016 to 2020 were examined regarding four endpoints at brace weaning: surgery need, curve progress ≥ 6° and > 45°, and curve improvement ≥...
Results of brace treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in boys compared with girls: a retrospective study of 102 patients treated with the Boston br... The aim of the study was to compare the results of brace treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) in male patients with matched...
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we know that the majority of people suffering from persistent back pain do not require surgical treatments. We believe in following non-surgical scoliosis correction approaches that are not physically and emotionally stressful, especially for an adolescent. Our treatment method does not require the use...