This article is part of the supplement: 5th International Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities .

Oral presentation

Forced lordosis on the thoracolumbar junction can correct double major scoliosis; an innovative approach on brace treatment and etiology of adolescent scoliotic and kyphotic deformities

Piet JM van Loon, Bob Kühbauch and Frederik Thunnissen

Dept. of Orthopaedics, Slingeland Ziekenhuis Doetinchem, The Netherlands

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from 5^th International Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities
Athens, Greece. 3–5 April 2008

Scoliosis 2009, 4(Suppl 1):O50doi:10.1186/1748-7161-4-S1-O50

Published:	15 January 2009

First paragraph (this article has no abstract)

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is an important spinal deformity. No etiology directed therapy is available. Correction can be achieved with limited options by bracing. The focus of bracing is in the coronal plane and with forces directed at the apices of curves. Bending radiographs in the coronal plane are used to assess flexibility and to predict treatment outcome. The corrective potential of fulcrum lordotic bending in the sagittal plane as technique in bracing has not been addressed in radiographic studies.