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Epidemiology of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis [PDF]
Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 2013 Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is a common disease with an overall prevalence of 0.47–5.2 % in the current literature. The female to male ratio ranges from 1.5:1 to 3:1 and increases substantially with increasing age.
M. Konieczny, H. Senyurt, R. Krauspe
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Correlation between physical activity and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2023 Background The multifactorial aetiology of scoliosis is well known. Physical activity is considered both a treatment and causative factor for idiopathic scoliosis; however, evidence for a causal relationship between physical activity levels and ...
Xiang Qi +4 more
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Common polymorphisms in human lysyl oxidase genes are not associated with the adolescent idiopathic scoliosis phenotype [PDF]
BMC Medical Genetics, 2011 Background Although adolescent idiopathic scoliosis affects approximately 3% of adolescents, the genetic contributions have proven difficult to identify.
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Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
BMJ, 1991 #### Summary points Scoliosis is a three dimensional deformity of the spine defined as a lateral curvature of the spine in the coronal plane of more than 10°.1 It can be categorised into three major types—congenital, syndromic, and idiopathic ...
F. Altaf +3 more
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Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis [PDF]
Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2015 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 women than in young men. The condition occurs in otherwise healthy
René M Castelein +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of two different types of exercise methods in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.MethodsIn total, 28 subjects with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with a mild curve magnitude (10°-
Hikmet Kocaman +5 more
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Research progress on the etiology and pathogenesis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Chinese Medical Journal, 2020 . Etiology of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), a complicated three-dimensional spinal deformity with early-onset, receives continuous attention but remains unclear.
Yue Peng +5 more
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021 Background In scoliosis corrective surgery, total blood loss is composed of visible blood loss, including intraoperative haemorrhage and drainage, and hidden blood loss in which blood extravasates into the tissues and accumulates in the surgical field ...
Lipeng Wang +4 more
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Efficacy of exercise therapy in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A meta-analysis [PDF]
Journal of International Medical ResearchBackground Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis represents a complex three-dimensional spinal deformity of unknown etiology. It frequently results in visible deformities, decreased daily functional capacity, impaired pulmonary function, and psychological ...
Ziyao Ma, Song Wang, Shuai Zhang
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Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Archives of Clinical and Experimental Surgery, 2014 Scoliosis is called idiopathic when no other underlying disease can be identified. The etiology of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is still unknown despite many years of research effort. Theories on AIS's etiology have included mechanical, hormonal,
Safak Ekinci, Omer Ersen
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