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  1. Scoliosis causes a sideways curve of your backbone, or spine. It is most common in late childhood ... Scoliosis causes a sideways curve of your backbone, or spine. These curves are often S- or C-shaped. ...
  2. Spinal curvature; Infantile scoliosis; Juvenile scoliosis ... Most of the time, the cause of scoliosis is unknown. This is called idiopathic scoliosis. It is the most common type. It is grouped by age. In children age 3 and ...
  3. Resources - scoliosis ... following organizations are good resources for information on scoliosis : American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons -- orthoinfo.aaos.org/ ...
  4. ... Evidence Synthesis, No. 156.) Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Systematic Evidence Review for the U.S. ... outcomes, and 2) the rate at which minor scoliosis progresses to a clinically significant form that causes ...
  5. ... gene associated with Horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis ROBO3 Inheritance This condition is inherited in an ... This Condition Familial horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis Familial idiopathic scoliosis associated with congenital encephalopathy Familial ...
  6. ... of Health. < Prev Next > Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis A Systematic Evidence Review for the U.S. ... Bookshelf Copyright Notice . Search term Structured Abstract Background: Scoliosis is a lateral curvature of the spine of ...
  7. ... Evidence Synthesis, No. 156.) Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Systematic Evidence Review for the U.S. ... al. Effects of bracing in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis. N Engl J Med. 2013;369(16):1512- ...
  8. Scoliosis surgery repairs abnormal curving of the spine ( scoliosis ). The goal is to safely straighten your child's ... bone fuses together. Newer types of surgery for scoliosis do not require fusion. Instead, the surgeries use ...
  9. ... only on official, secure websites. Description Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine that ... are also slightly twisted or rotated. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis appears during the adolescent growth spurt, a time ...
  10. Abnormal curvature in the spine is known as scoliosis, and generally begins just at the onset of ... growth. Most junior high schools routinely screen for scoliosis because, if caught early, progressive spine curvature can ...
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