Adult scoliosis is when the spine has an unusual sideways curve. It can happen to both adults and young people. Common signs are back pain, leg pain, and changes in the spine’s shape. Adults show different symptoms than teens and often require special treatment plans. It’s important to ...
Among US adults aged 25-74 years in 1971-75, the prevalence rate of scoliosis was 8.3%. The prevalence of scoliosis increased across age groups among women (p less than 0.001), but not among men. Women had about twice the prevalence of scoliosis as men; 10.7% versus 5.6% (p less ...
Adult Neuromuscular Upper motor neurone disorders Cerebral palsy, spinal cord trauma Lower motor neurone disorders Poliomyelitis, spinal muscular atrophy, meningomyelocele Myopathies Muscular dystrophy Other Neurofibromatosis Connective tissue disorders Marfan's syndrome Ehlers–Danlos syndrome Non-structural ...
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Scoliosis is somewhat rare, affecting just 2% of women and 0.5% of men in the general population. Many conditions can cause or be associated with scoliosis, including cerebral palsy, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, and tumors. However, over 80% of cases are idiopathic...
In our practice we tend to be more aggressive than many in doing surgery around 40 degrees while there are many excellent surgeons who defer to 45 or 50 degrees. In the adult age range the reasons for doing surgery are less well defined but include an increasing discomfort or pain in a ...
Double neuro-osseous theoryfor the pathogenesis of AIS in girls. Disharmony in spine and trunk between the two nervous systems, autonomic (leptin-hypothalamic-sympathetic nervous system - LHS - concept) and somatic (escalator concept). The drawing of the girl shows three extraspinal sites where le...
Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate functional profiles of the feet and its relation to the balance in asymptomatic elderly people. Materials and Method: We assessed 114 asymptomatic elderly subjects (34 men and 80 women) with a mean age of 67.2±3.4 years (range 65–80 ...
Materials and Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional evaluation of randomized digital standing posterior-anterior plain chest radiographs of 1200 patients aged 25 and older, consisting of 600 women and 600 men, was performed. IIf there is no curvature in the thoracic...
AIS affects between 1% and 4% of adolescents in the early stages of puberty and is more common in young women than in young men. The condition occurs in otherwise healthy individuals and currently has no recognizable cause. In the past few decades, considerable progress has been made towards ...