ArticleSpine deformity2025
Back pain disability and PROMIS scores in children with hyperkyphosis are worse than children with idiopathic scoliosis.
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- Beyond the curve: the mental health burden of Scheuermann's kyphosis.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- A wide posterior release is associated with better kyphosis restoration in the surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.Spine deformity · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeTo compare health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) between children with hyperkyphosis and idiopathic scoliosis using 9-item Oswestry Disability Index (ODI-9) and Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pain Interference, Mobility, and Anxiety.
methodsChildren with hyperkyphosis, idiopathic scoliosis, and controls with no structural diagnosis ages 10-18 years who completed the PROMIS Pediatric Pain Interference, Mobility, and Anxiety domains were retrospectively evaluated from April 2021 to June 2023. Comparisons were made between hyperkyphosis, idiopathic scoliosis, and control groups. Within the hyperkyphosis group, comparisons were made between Scheuermann kyphosis and postural kyphosis subgroups.
results304 children with hyperkyphosis, 1134 with idiopathic scoliosis, and 1493 controls were included. Children with hyperkyphosis had increased age, male sex, BMI percentile, Spanish than English speakers, and public insurance type. They also had worse ODI-9, PROMIS Pain Interference and Mobility scores which remained significant after multivariate regression analysis included age, sex, BMI percentile, language, insurance type, and race/ethnicity (p < 0.01). The Scheuermann kyphosis (n = 67) subgroup had increased age, male sex, area deprivation index (ADI), BMI percentile, concern by their appearance, and worse PROMIS Pain Interference and Mobility scores than the postural kyphosis (n = 237) subgroup. However, Scheuermann kyphosis subgroup score differences did not remain significant after considering age, sex, ADI, and BMI percentile.
conclusionChildren with hyperkyphosis (both Scheuermann and postural kyphosis subtypes) have worse HRQOL scores than their peers with idiopathic scoliosis. Worse ODI-9, PROMIS Pain Interference and Mobility scores remained significant only in the hyperkyphosis group as a whole after adjusting for confounding variables, but not between hyperkyphosis subgroups.
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