Why do we treat adolescent idiopathic scoliosis? What we want to obtain and to avoid for our patients. SOSORT 2005 Consensus paper

Table 3 Priorities for each outcome, listed from the highest to the lowest in rank, pre and post Consensus Meeting. The column "Percentage of responders" refers to those that considered each outcome relevant.

Outcome		Rank obtained		Percentage of responders		Priority
						Post			Pre			Chi
		Post	Pre	Post	Pre	P1	P2	P3	P1	P2	P3	P
Aesthetics	Aes	1	3	100%	89%	78%	19%	3%	58%	26%	5%	<0.01
Quality of life	QoL	2	4	91%	74%	75%	6%	9%	63%	21%	0%	<0.01
Disability	Dis	3	11	91%	63%	69%	6%	16%	47%	11%	5%	<0.01
Back Pain	BP	4	7	87%	68%	63%	13%	13%	58%	16%	11%	<0.01
Psychological well-being	PWB	5		84%		66%	13%	6%	79%	5%	0%
Progression in adulthood	PiA	6	2	84%	84%	56%	28%	0%	74%	5%	16%	<0.01
Breathing function	BF	7	1	84%	95%	44%	25%	16%	63%	16%	5%	<0.01
Scoliosis Cobb degrees	SCD	8	5	84%	84%	44%	34%	6%	58%	11%	21%	<0.01
Needs of further treatments in adulthood	NTA	9	6	81%	89%	53%	22%	6%	53%	21%	0%	<0.01
Rib hump	RH	10	8	78%	84%	59%	13%	6%	42%	26%	0%	<0.01
Self control of posture		11		75%		41%	25%	9%
Perdriolle degrees	PD	12	9	75%	84%	16%	50%	9%	47%	11%	11%	<0.01
Knowledge and understanding of scoliosis		13		72%		44%	16%	13%
Movement of the vertebral column		14		72%		38%	25%	9%
Kypho-lordosis Cobb degrees	KLD	15	10	72%	68%	31%	34%	6%	58%	26%	5%	<0.01
Balance		16		69%		44%	19%	6%
Body motor awareness and learning skills		17		69%		9%	34%	25%
Sensory motor integration of the corrective pattern		18		62%		41%	16%	6%
Improved processing of vestibular input		19		59%		6%	31%	22%
Equality of weight bearing		20		56%		22%	19%	16%
Exercise efficiency		21		56%		22%	28%	6%

Post: answers to second questionnaire, proposed after the Consensus Meeting (32 responders) – Pre: answers to first questionnaire, proposed before Consensus Meeting (19 responders) – Chi: Chi-square test

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