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Search string "Scoliosis"[Majr] yielded 8083 articles July 2007. Click on "Create Bibliography" link to see a more limited search for articles in English in the last 10 years, with abstracts, human subjects only.

Approaches To Differential Diagnosis In Musculoskeletal Imaging Michael L. Richardson, M.D.
Scoliosis occurs relatively frequently in the general population, and its frequency depends upon the magnitude of the curve being described. Scoliosis of greater than 25 degrees has been reported in about 1.5/1000 persons in the United States. Most curves...

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
Treatment based on King et al Algorithm - Discussion: - fusion mass needs to include distal vertebra of structural curve; - if a more distal vertebra appears rotated in the same direction as more ...

Three-Dimensional Terminology of Spinal Deformity By the Scoliosis Research Society Working Group on 3-D terminology of spinal deformity (Chair Ian Stokes, PhD) Excerpted from: Stokes IAF (chair) Scoliosis Research Society Working Group on 3-d terminology of spinal deformity: Three-dimensional terminology of spinal deformity. Spine, 19: 236-248, 1994.

List of scoliosis references in subsections -
Prevalence & Natural History
Adult Scoliosis
Arthrogryposis
Cerebral Palsy
Congenital Scoliosis
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Dwarfing Conditions
Ehlers-Danlos
Freidreich's Ataxia
Marfan's
Neurofibromatosis
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Rett Syndrome
Spina Bifida
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Miscellaneous

Glossary of Spinal Deformity Biomechanical Terms (Selected and adapted from Panjabi MM and White AA: Appendix: Glossary, in: Clinical Biomechanics of the Spine. (2nd Edition) by White AA and Panjabi MM, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1990) Proposed by the SRS Terminology Committee, 1999
This short guide to terms in spinal biomechanics is divided into five sections:
Axis...

SRS Terminology Committee and Working Group on Spinal Classification
Revised Glossary of Terms prepared by the Working Group on 3-D Classification (Chair Larry Lenke, MD), and the Terminology Committee, March 2000

Scoliosis Research Society White Paper on Sagittal Plane Alignment. Discussion of evaluation and correction of kyphosis and lordosis

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
progression: - rt thoracic curves> 50 deg are at highest risk for progression (1 deg/yr) followed by Rt lumbar curves; - single thoracic curves> 70-75 deg at growth...

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
Choices for Instrumentation: - Zielke Instrumentation: - used for treatment of rigid or mobile lumbar or thoracolumbar ...

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
(based on classification of King et al)

There are many causes of scoliosis. There are too many to list and to fully discuss here. A number of unusual types of scoliosis are briefly outlined -

• Marfans
• Ehler’s-Danlos syndrome
• Neurofibromatosis
• Growth Conditions or Dysplasias

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
used for rigid or mobile lumbar or thoracolumbar Scoliosis with lordosis