Scoliosis Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Scoliosis, including details on treatment, exercises, surgery, symtpoms.

Volume 4 (2008), Issue 7 (July)

1. The prevalence of increased proximal junctional flexion following posterior instrumentation and arthrodesis for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
   Spine, 33(15): 1675-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Bone mineral accrual in osteopenic and non-osteopenic girls with idiopathic scoliosis during bracing treatment.
   Spine, 33(15): 1682-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Does scoliosis causes low bone mass? A comparative study between siblings.
   Eur Spine J, 17(7): 944-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Cerebral glucose metabolic abnormality in patients with congenital scoliosis.
   Eur Spine J, 17(7): 948-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with quantified trunk rotational strength training: a pilot study.
   J Spinal Disord Tech, 21(5): 349-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Transvertebral Transsacral strut grafting for high-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis L5-S1 with fibular allograft.
   J Spinal Disord Tech, 21(5): 328-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Instrumented posterior lumbar interbody fusion for patients with degenerative lumbar scoliosis.
   J Spinal Disord Tech, 21(5): 310-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Significance of sagittal reformations in routine thoracic and abdominal multislice CT studies for detecting osteoporotic fractures and other spine abnormalities.
   Eur Radiol, 18(8): 1696-702. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Study of the pressures applied by a Cheneau brace for correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
   Prosthet Orthot Int. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Cutis tricolor coexistent with cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita: "phacomatosis achromico-melano-marmorata".
    Eur J Dermatol, 18(4): 394-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Imaging of painful scoliosis.
    Skeletal Radiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Efficacy of aprotinin as a blood conservation technique for adult deformity spinal surgery: a retrospective study.
    Spine, 33(16): 1775-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Relative shortening and functional tethering of spinal cord in adolescent scoliosis - Result of asynchronous neuro-osseous growth, summary of an electronic focus group debate of the IBSE.
    Scoliosis, 3: 8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Effects of alternative instrumentation strategies in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A biomechanical analysis.
    J Orthop Res. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Lateral steps reveal adaptive biomechanical strategies in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
    Ann Readapt Med Phys. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. All pedicle screw instrumentation for Scheuermann's kyphosis correction. Is it worth it?
    Spine J. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Antifibrinolytic agents for reducing blood loss in scoliosis surgery in children.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Staged surgical treatment for severe and rigid scoliosis.
    J Orthop Surg, 3: 26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Successful use of posterior instrumented spinal fusion alone for scoliosis in 19 patients with neurofibromatosis type-1 followed up for at least 25 months.
    Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Cohen syndrome resulting from a novel large intragenic COH1 deletion segregating in an isolated Greek island population.
    Am J Med Genet A. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Mortality in the presence of a vertebral fracture, scoliosis, or Scheuermann's disease in the thoracic spine.
    Ann Epidemiol, 18(8): 595-601. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Array-CGH in a series of 30 patients with mental retardation, dysmorphic features, and congenital malformations detected an interstitial 1p22.2-p31.1 deletion in a patient with features overlapping the Goldenhar syndrome.
    Am J Med Genet A, 146(16): 2109-2115. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Radiographic versus ultrasound evaluation of the Risser Grade in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a prospective study of 46 patients.
    Eur Spine J. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Gain-of-function mutations in TRPV4 cause autosomal dominant brachyolmia.
    Nat Genet, 40(8): 999-1003. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Anterior Thoracoscopic Instrumentation in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Systematic Review.
    Spine. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Update on the management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
    Arch Dis Child. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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