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Editorial. Scoliosis: a journal dedicated to multidisciplinary research on prevention, control, and treatment of scoliosis and other spinal deformities Hans-Rudolf Weiss Scoliosis 2006, 1:1 doi:10.1186/1748-7161-1-1 Published 31 March 2006 Abstract (provisional) Scoliosis is the brainchild of a dedicated group of researchers and clinicians. In September 2003 Dr....

Social acceptability of treatments for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a cross-sectional study Stefano Negrini1 and Roberta Carabalona2 1ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute), Via Carlo Crivelli 20, 20122 Milan, Italy 2Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation ONLUS, Care & Research Institute, Via Capecelatro 66, 20148 Milan, Italy Scoliosis 2006, 1:14 doi:10.1186/1748-7161-1-14

'SOSORT consensus paper on brace action: TLSO biomechanics of correction (investigating the rationale for force vector selection)' M Rigo1 , S Negrini2 , HR Weiss3 , TB Grivas4 , T Maruyama5 and T Kotwicki6 for the members of SOSORT 1E.Salvá Institute. Vía Augusta 185....

Study of trunk asymmetry in normal children and adolescents Theodoros B Grivas , Elias S Vasiliadis , Georgios Koufopoulos , Dimitrios Segos , Georgios Triantafyllopoulos and Vasilios Mouzakis Orthopaedic Department, "Thriasio" General Hospital, G. Gennimata Av. 19600, Magoula, Attica, Greece Scoliosis 2006, 1:19 doi:10.1186/1748-7161-1-19

The experience of brace treatment in children/adolescents with scoliosis Despina Sapountzi-Krepia1 ,2 , Maria Psychogiou1 ,2 , Darin Peterson2 , Vassiliki Zafiri3 , Eugenia Iordanopoulou1 , Fotini Michailidou1 and Anastassios Christodoulou4 1Nursing Department, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece 2Department of Nursing Science,...

The reliability of the Bad Sobernheim Stress Questionnaire (BSSQbrace) in adolescents with scoliosis during brace treatment Christine Botens-Helmus , Rolf Klein and Carola Stephan Asklepios Katharina Schroth Spinal Deformities Rehabilitation Centre, Korczakstr. 2, D-55566 Bad Sobernheim, Germany Scoliosis 2006, 1:22 doi:10.1186/1748-7161-1-22

The transformation of spinal curvature into spinal deformity: pathological processes and implications for treatment Martha C Hawes and Joseph P O'Brien Scoliosis 2006, 1:3 doi:10.1186/1748-7161-1-3 Published 31 March 2006 This review summarizes what is known about the pathological processes (e.g. structural and functional changes),...

Validity of the Walter Reed Visual Assessment Scale to measure subjective perception of spine deformity in patients with idiopathic scoliosis Sonia Pineda1 , Juan Bago2 , Carmen Gilperez1 and Jose M Climent3 1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain 2Spine Unit, Hospital Vall...

The three-dimensional easy morphological (3-DEMO) classification of scoliosis – Part III, correlation with clinical classification and parameters Stefano Negrini and Alberto Negrini ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute), Milan and Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi IRCCS-ONLUS, Milan, Italy Scoliosis 2007, 2:5 doi:10.1186/1748-7161-2-5

Biomechanical simulations of the scoliotic deformation process in the pinealectomized chicken: a preliminary study Lafortune P, Aubin CE, Boulanger H, Villemure I, Bagnall KM, Moreau A Scoliosis 2007, 2:16
The proposed biomechanical model presents a novel approach to realistically simulate the scoliotic deformation process in pinealectomized chickens and investigate different parameters influencing...

Correction effects of the ScoliOlogiC® „Chêneau light" brace in patients with scoliosis Hans-Rudolf Weiss1 , Mario Werkmann2 and Carola Stephan1 1Asklepios Katharina Schroth Spinal Deformities Rehabilitation Centre, Korczakstr. 2, D-55566 Bad Sobernheim, Germany 2Orthomed Scolicare, Orthopedic Technical Services, D-55566 Bad Sobernheim, Germany Scoliosis 2007, 2:2 doi:10.1186/1748-7161-2-2

Discrepancy in clinical versus radiological parameters describing deformity due to brace treatment for moderate idiopathic scoliosis Tomasz Kotwicki , Edyta Kinel , Wanda Stryla and Andrzej Szulc
Scoliosis 2007, 2:18
Conclusions (1) Adolescent girls wearing the brace for idiopathic scoliosis of 25 to 40 degrees of Cobb angle, reveal smaller clinical rotational deformity...

Estimation of the stress related to conservative scoliosis therapy: an analysis based on BSSQ questionnaires Tomasz Kotwicki1 , Edyta Kinel2 , Wanda Stry³a2 and Andrzej Szulc1 1Department of Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Medical Sciences of Poznan, ul. 28 Czerwca 1956 roku nr 135, 61-545...

Growth rates and the prevalence and progression of scoliosis in short-statured children on Australian growth hormone treatment programmes Gregory A Day1 ,3 , Ian Bruce McPhee1 , Jenny Batch2 and Francis H Tomlinson1 1Department of Surgery, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 2Department of Paediatrics and Child Health,...

High pressures and asymmetrical stresses in the scoliotic disc in the absence of muscle loading Adam R Meir1 ,4 , Jeremy CT Fairbank1 , Deborah A Jones2 , Donal S McNally3 and Jill PG Urban2 1Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Oxford University, Oxford, UK 2Physiology Laboratory,...