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  1. Vertebrae morphology appears to have genetic and ethnic variations. Knowledge of the vertebra and pedicle morphology is essential for proper selection and safe application of transpedicular screws. The aim of ...

    Authors: Theodoros B. Grivas, Olga Savvidou, Stefanos Binos, Georgios Vynichakis, Dimitrios Lykouris, Michail Skaliotis, Eleni Velissariou, Konstandinos Giotopoulos and Konstandinos Velissarios
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2019 14:2
  2. The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between pelvic inclination (PI) and lumbar lordosis (LL). Pelvic inclination and pelvic tilt are two different names for the same metric. The geometri...

    Authors: Geoff Dakin, Raymond J. Turner and Stephana J. Cherak
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2019 14:1
  3. This study aims to determine if (1) loss of lumbar lordosis (LL), often associated with degenerative scoliosis (DS), is structural or rather largely due to positional factors secondary to spinal stenosis; (2) ...

    Authors: Steven M. Presciutti, Philip K. Louie, Jannat M. Khan, Bryce A. Basques, Comron Saifi, Christopher J. Dewald, Dino Samartzis and Howard S. An
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:28
  4. Limb length Inequality (LLI) in children and adults may affect posture, gait, and several truncal parameters, and it can cause spinal scoliosis. In literature, however, there is a paucity of assessment of trun...

    Authors: Theodoros B. Grivas, Konstantinos Angouris, Michail Chandrinos and Vasilios Kechagias
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:27
  5. Bracing is used as a valid non-surgical treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) to avoid progression of the deformity and thereby surgery. The effect of bracing treatment on quality of life of pati...

    Authors: Lucas Piantoni, Carlos A. Tello, Rodrigo G. Remondino, Ernesto S. Bersusky, Celica Menéndez, Corina Ponce, Susana Quintana, Felisa Hekier, Ida A. Francheri Wilson, Eduardo Galaretto and Mariano A. Noël
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:26
  6. Acute pancreatitis has been described as potential complication of both abdominal and non-abdominal surgeries. The pathogenetic mechanism underlying acute pancreatitis in spine surgery may include intraoperati...

    Authors: Daniela Ghisi, Alessandro Ricci, Sandra Giannone, Tiziana Greggi and Stefano Bonarelli
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:24
  7. The Publisher has retracted this article [Grivas TB et al., Scoliosis Spinal Disord. 2016;11:43], as it is unclear whether written informed consent was obtained from some patients to publish their images in an...

    Authors: Theodoros B. Grivas, Jean Claude de Mauroy, Grant Wood, Manuel Rigo, Michael Timothy Hresko, Tomasz Kotwicki and Stefano Negrini
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:25

    The original article was published in Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2016 11:43

  8. Currently, there is little consensus on how or when to discontinue bracing in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). An expert spine surgeon national survey could aid in elucidate discontinuation of the brace.

    Authors: Lucas Piantoni, Carlos A. Tello, Rodrigo G. Remondino, Ida A. Francheri Wilson, Eduardo Galaretto and Mariano A. Noel
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:23
  9. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lumbar spine is commonly used to identify the source of low back pain (LBP); however, its use has been questionable. Throughout the years, numerous lumbar phenotypes (e....

    Authors: Masatoshi Teraguchi, Rita Yim, Jason Pui-Yin Cheung and Dino Samartzis
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:22
  10. Increased implant number is thought to provide better control on the scoliotic spine, but there is limited scientific evidence of improved deformity correction and surgical outcomes with high-density construct...

    Authors: Franck Le Navéaux, A. Noelle Larson, Hubert Labelle and Carl-Eric Aubin
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:21
  11. Posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is one of the most invasive surgical procedures performed in children and adolescents. Because of the extensive surgical incision and massive tissue ...

    Authors: Hiroyuki Seki, Satoshi Ideno, Taiga Ishihara, Kota Watanabe, Morio Matsumoto and Hiroshi Morisaki
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:17
  12. Postural stability deficits have been proposed to influence the onset and progression of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). This study aimed to systematically identify, critically evaluate and meta-analyse...

    Authors: Marlene Dufvenberg, Fisayo Adeyemi, Isabelle Rajendran, Birgitta Öberg and Allan Abbott
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:19
  13. Authors: Larry Cohen, Sarah Kobayashi, Milena Simic, Sarah Dennis, Kathryn Refshauge and Evangelos Pappas
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:20

    The Review to this article has been published in Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:30

  14. Idiopathic scoliosis is the most common type of spinal deformity. Scoliosis is defined as a lateral curvature of the spine greater than 10° accompanied by rotation of the vertebrae. The treatment available for...

    Authors: Balaji Zacharia, Dhiyaneswaran Subramaniyam and Sadiqueali Padinharepeediyekkal
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:15
  15. A wide variety of braces are commercially available designed for the adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), but very few braces for infantile scoliosis (IS) or juvenile scoliosis (JS). The goals of this study ...

    Authors: John Thometz, XueCheng Liu, Robert Rizza, Ian English and Sergery Tarima
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:13
  16. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most common form of idiopathic scoliosis, and surgery is considered as one of the therapeutic options. However, it is associated with a variety of irreversible comp...

    Authors: Hasan Ghandhari, Ebrahim Ameri, Farshad Nikouei, Milad Haji Agha Bozorgi, Shoeib Majdi and Mostafa Salehpour
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:14
  17. Software applications (apps) could potentially promote exercise adherence. However, it is unclear whether adolescents with painful hyperkyphosis will use an app designed for a home exercise program. The purpos...

    Authors: Karina A. Zapata, Sharon S. Wang-Price, Tina S. Fletcher and Charles E. Johnston
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:11
  18. Scoliosis is a complex three-dimensional deformity. While the frontal profile is well understood, increasing attention has turned to balance in the sagittal plane. The present study evaluated changes in sagitt...

    Authors: Máté Burkus, Ádám Tibor Schlégl, Ian O’Sullivan, István Márkus, Csaba Vermes and Miklós Tunyogi-Csapó
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:10
  19. “The authors are retracting this article [1] at the request of one of the patients. Consent to publish was obtained but subsequently withdrawn. The article is no longer available online in order to protect the...

    Authors: Konstantinos C. Soultanis, Alexandros H. Payatakes, Vasilios T. Chouliaras, Georgios C. Mandellos, Nikolaos E. Pyrovolou, Fani M. Pliarchopoulou and Panayotis N. Soucacos
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:9

    The original article was published in Scoliosis 2007 2:15

  20. To our knowledge, no studies have reported the exact structural leg length discrepancies (LLDs) in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the differences b...

    Authors: Tatsuhiro Sekiya, Yoichi Aota, Katsutaka Yamada, Kanichiro Kaneko, Manabu Ide and Tomoyuki Saito
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:7
  21. The physiological sagittal spinal curvature represents a typical feature of good body posture in the sagittal plane. The cervical and the lumbar spine are curved anteriorly (lordosis), while the thoracic segme...

    Authors: Dariusz Czaprowski, Łukasz Stoliński, Marcin Tyrakowski, Mateusz Kozinoga and Tomasz Kotwicki
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:6
  22. Scoliosis is a 3D deformity that can be reconstructed through 2D antero-posterior and lateral radiographs, which provide an upper view of the deformed spine as well as regional planes matching all vertebrae of...

    Authors: J-C. Bernard, E. Berthonnaud, J. Deceuninck, L. Journoud-Rozand, G. Notin and E. Chaleat-Valayer
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:5
  23. The International Scientific Society on Scoliosis Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment (SOSORT) produced its first guidelines in 2005 and renewed them in 2011. Recently published high-quality clinical tria...

    Authors: Stefano Negrini, Sabrina Donzelli, Angelo Gabriele Aulisa, Dariusz Czaprowski, Sanja Schreiber, Jean Claude de Mauroy, Helmut Diers, Theodoros B. Grivas, Patrick Knott, Tomasz Kotwicki, Andrea Lebel, Cindy Marti, Toru Maruyama, Joe O’Brien, Nigel Price, Eric Parent…
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:3
  24. We have read with great interest the article by Minsk et al. in Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders. However, the authors reported a conclusion that is based on possible selection bias in surgical candidates. Physi...

    Authors: Johan L. Heemskerk, Mark Altena and Diederik H. R. Kempen
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:2
  25. Regarding the publication entitle “Radiation dose of digital radiography (DR) versus micro-dose x-ray (EOS) on patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: 2016 SOSORT- IRSSD “John Sevastic Award” Winner in ...

    Authors: Steve C. N. Hui and Winnie C. W. Chu
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:1
  26. Digital photogrammetry provides measurements of body angles or distances which allow for quantitative posture assessment with or without the use of external markers. It is becoming an increasingly popular tool...

    Authors: L. Stolinski, M. Kozinoga, D. Czaprowski, M. Tyrakowski, P. Cerny, N. Suzuki and T. Kotwicki
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:38
  27. Patient-reported outcomes are becoming increasingly recognised in the management of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Integrated Shape Imaging System 2 (ISIS2) surface topography is a valida...

    Authors: James Cheshire, Adrian Gardner, Fiona Berryman and Paul Pynsent
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:37
  28. No studies have evaluated the long-term results of non-surgical and surgical management in de novo degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DNDLS). This study reports on the long-term functional outcome of patients bein...

    Authors: Sayf S.A. Faraj, Tsjitske M. Haanstra, Hugo Martijn, Marinus de Kleuver and Barend J. van Royen
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:35
  29. Recent randomized controlled trials (RCTs) support using physiotherapeutic scoliosis-specific exercises (PSSE) for adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). All RCTs reported statistically significant resul...

    Authors: Sanja Schreiber, Eric C Parent, Doug L Hill, Douglas M Hedden, Marc J Moreau and Sarah C Southon
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:26
  30. A large number of studies about adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis focus on health-related quality of life (HRQOL). However, only a few articles aim at evaluating the personality of these patients. Therefor...

    Authors: Elisabetta D’Agata, Judith Sánchez-Raya and Juan Bagó
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:27
  31. The factors influencing curve behavior following bracing are incompletely understood and there is no agreement if scoliotic curves stop progressing with skeletal maturity. The aim of this study was to evaluate...

    Authors: Angelo G. Aulisa, Vincenzo Guzzanti, Francesco Falciglia, Marco Galli, Paolo Pizzetti and Lorenzo Aulisa
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:36
  32. Bracing has been shown to decrease significantly the progression of high-risk curves to the threshold for surgery in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), but the treatment failure rate remains ...

    Authors: Kenny Yat Hong Kwan, Aldous C.S. Cheng, Hui Yu Koh, Alice Y.Y. Chiu and Kenneth Man Chee Cheung
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:32
  33. Muscle imbalance has been suggested as implicated in the pathology of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). The specific “pathomechanic” role of the paravertebral muscles as being scoliogenic (inducing scolio...

    Authors: Christian Wong, Kasper Gosvig and Stig Sonne-Holm
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:33
  34. Global sagittal balance, describing the vertical alignment of the spine, is an important factor in the non-operative and operative management of back pain. However, the typical gold standard method of assessme...

    Authors: Larry Cohen, Sarah Kobayashi, Milena Simic, Sarah Dennis, Kathryn Refshauge and Evangelos Pappas
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:30

    The Letter to the Editor to this article has been published in Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2018 13:20

  35. It has been highlighted in both Poland and the United States of America (USA) that knowledge of idiopathic scoliosis (IS) among physiotherapy students is limited with respect to the 2011 International Society ...

    Authors: D.A. Jason Black, Christine Pilcher, Shawn Drake, Erika Maude and David Glynn
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:34
  36. Surface topography is increasingly used with postural analysis. One system, DIERS formetric 4D, measures 40 defined spine shape parameters from a 6-s scan. Through system algorithms, a set of spine shape param...

    Authors: Brian Degenhardt, Zane Starks, Shalini Bhatia and Geoffroey-Allen Franklin
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:28
  37. Scoliosis patients with associated syringomyelia are at an increased risk of neurological injury during surgical deformity correction. The syrinx is therefore often addressed surgically prior to scoliosis corr...

    Authors: Steven Kyriacou, Yuen Man, Karen Plumb, Matthew Shaw and Kia Rezajooi
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:25
  38. Impairment of spine rotation is a key concept in several theories explaining the pathogenesis and progression of scoliosis. In previous studies, a more limited range of motion in scoliotic girls compared to th...

    Authors: A. Stępień, K. Fabian, K. Graff, M. Podgurniak and A. Wit
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:29
  39. Axial vertebral rotation is a key characteristic of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), and its reduction is one of the goals of corrective surgery. Recurrence of deformity after surgical correction may rel...

    Authors: Luke A. Reynolds, Maree T. Izatt, Eric M. Huang, Robert D. Labrom, Geoffrey N. Askin, Clayton J. Adam and Mark J. Pearcy
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:22
  40. Four factors have been reported to affect brace treatment outcome: (1) growth or curve based risk, (2) the in-brace correction, (3) the brace wear quantity, and (4) the brace wear quality. The quality of brace...

    Authors: Edmond H. Lou, Doug L. Hill, Andreas Donauer, Melissa Tilburn, Douglas Hedden and Marc Moreau
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:23
  41. Recent studies showed that finite element model (FEM) combined to CAD/CAM improves the design of braces for the conservative treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), using 2D measurements from in-br...

    Authors: Nikita Cobetto, Carl-Éric Aubin, Stefan Parent, Soraya Barchi, Isabelle Turgeon and Hubert Labelle
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:24
  42. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is among the most common spinal deformities affecting adolescents. The Scoliosis Research Society-22 questionnaire is commonly used to assess health-related quality of lif...

    Authors: Jean Théroux, Norman Stomski, Stanley Innes, Ariane Ballard, Christelle Khadra, Hubert Labelle and Sylvie Le May
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:21
  43. Quality of Life (QoL) scales have to be introduced in the treatment evaluation of our patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

    Authors: Julie Deceuninck, Aurélie Tirat-Herbert, Nuria Rodriguez Martinez and Jean-Claude Bernard
    Citation: Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders 2017 12:18