ArticleScoliosis2014
In favour of the definition "adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis": juvenile and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis braced after ten years of age, do not show different end results. SOSORT award winner 2014.
Article in Scoliosis, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Factors contributing to bracing success in juvenile idiopathic scoliosis and current limitations : a systematic review and meta-analysis.Bone & joint open · 2025Pooled it
- Bracing effectiveness in idiopathic early onset scoliosis followed to skeletal maturity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Spine deformity · 2025Pooled it
- Overlapping Sanders scores challenge age-based AIS/JIS classifications.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Risk factors for scoliosis progression in children with idiopathic short stature on growth hormone therapy.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Association between bone mineral density and scoliosis: a two-sample mendelian randomization study in european populations.Hereditas · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the prevalence of adolescent scoliosis and its associated factors in Gansu Province, China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Etiopathogenesis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS): Role of genetic and environmental factors.Narra J · 2023Review
- Sports participation reduces the progression of idiopathic scoliosis and the need for bracing. An observational study of 511 adolescents with Risser 0-2 maturation stage.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2023Observational
- Associations of physical activity and screen time with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Spinal mobility and muscle function in middle-aged patients treated for early onset idiopathic scoliosis: compared with untreated and treated adolescent onset patients.Spine deformity · 2022Article
- Evolution of Early Onset Scoliosis under Treatment with a 3D-Brace Concept.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Association of Circulating YKL-40 Levels and CHI3L1 Variants with the Risk of Spinal Deformity Progression in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Quality of life and patient satisfaction in bracing treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.Scoliosis and spinal disorders · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe most important factor discriminating juvenile (JIS) from adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the risk of deformity progression. Brace treatment can change natural history, even when risk of progression is high. The aim of this study was to compare the end of growth results of JIS subjects, treated after 10 years of age, with final results of AIS.
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designprospective observational controlled cohort study nested in a prospective database.
settingoutpatient tertiary referral clinic specialized in conservative treatment of spinal deformities. INCLUSION CRITERIA: idiopathic scoliosis; European Risser 0-2; 25 degrees to 45 degrees Cobb; start treatment age: 10 years or more, never treated before. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: secondary scoliosis, neurological etiology, prior treatment for scoliosis (brace or surgery). Groups: 27 patients met the inclusion criteria for the AJIS, (Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis treated in adolescence), demonstrated by an x-ray before 10 year of age, and treatment start after 10 years of age. AIS group included 45 adolescents with a diagnostic x-ray made after the threshold of age 10 years. Results at the end of growth were analysed; the threshold of 5 Cobb degree to define worsened, improved and stabilized curves was considered. STATISTICS: Mean and SD were used for descriptive statistics of clinical and radiographic changes. Relative Risk of failure (RR), Chi-square and T-test of all data was calculated to find differences among the two groups. 95% Confidence Interval (CI) , and of radiographic changes have been calculated.
resultsWe did not find any Cobb angle significant differences among groups at baseline and at the end of treatment. The only difference was in the number of patients progressed above 45 degrees, found in the JIS group. The RR of progression of AJIS was, 1.35 (IC95% 0.57-3.17) versus AIS, and it wasn't statistically significant in the AJIS group, in respect to AIS group (p = 0.5338).
conclusionThere are no significant differences in the final results of AIS and JIS, treated with total respect of the SRS and SOSORT criteria, in adolescence. Brace efficacy can neutralize the risk of progression.
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