Scoliosis - Latest Comments

school screening for scoliosis

jacob ross — 2009-09-05T00:00:00Z

In the USA, not all legislated screening programs are the same today. We can not take a broad-brush approach to whether or not a state has screening, but must look further at screening protocol details, including age and gender screened, screener education and support, scoliometer usage, reporting and follow-up methodologies etc, to evaluate the effectiveness of a program. Some states have ratios of one school nurse for every 700 students, while others have 2000/1 ratios and use health aides and volunteer parents to perform scoliosis screening. Unfortunately, in the USA there is a lack of national standards and adequate reports for scoliosis screening mechanisms, making collection of evidence-based outcomes necessary to either enhance this process or eliminate it, extremely difficult. Perhaps a study should be first done to compare the legislative states and document the intra and inter state variability of screening programs and outcome results

malibu drug rehabilitation

school screening for scoliosis

john petersen — 2008-11-12T00:00:00Z

School screening for scoliosis is a well accepted technique for the early detection of spinal deformities. We reviewed the experience in Minnesota over the past eight years, with an average of one-quarter of a million children being screened yearly. Of the children screened, 3.4 per cent were referred for evaluation and scoliosis was found in 1.2 per cent. The number of children requiring operations for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis has diminished since 1970. The average curve for which a surgical procedure was done has also diminished from 60 to 42 degrees. The cost of the program is low, averaging 6.6 cents per student screened. This compares with a so-called time cost averaging thirty-five cents. Voluntary scoliosis.

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johnpetersen

quebec drug rehab

Rotational strength weakness in rotations to the concave side in patients with idiopathic scoliosis

Brian Rothbart — 2007-07-18T00:00:00Z

Re Rotational strength weakness in rotations to the concave side in patients with idiopathic scoliosis - my research suggests that the muscular weakness is secondary to the postural distortons resulting from abnormal foot motion. We have demonstrated, using Formetric Studies, that proprioceptive insoles reverse the spinal distortions observed in Scoliotic children. The muscular weakness autocorrects as the postural distortions are reversed - See http://www.rothbartsfoot.info/3DFormetrikStudy.html

Prof Brian A Rothbart

Impact of backpacks on posture in children

Brian Rothbart — 2007-07-18T00:00:00Z

Very interesting article. However, there are other factors that impact posture directly, e.g., abnormal foot mechanics. For a complete discussion - See http://rothbartsfoot.info/Infoscientific.html

Prof Brian A Rothbart

Research Fellow, GRD BioMed Inc (ISS, Rome Italy)

Thank you

cindy marti — 2006-05-12T00:00:00Z

My sincere gratitude to Dr. Rigo for his generous sharing of knowledge with us (P.T.'s) in the United States over the last two years. I hope to become involved in SOSORT and wish I could have attended Poland. I look forward to checking Scoliosis on line regularly and hope some day to make a contribution from Schroth therapy here in the US

Thank you and a request

cindy marti — 2006-05-12T00:00:00Z

Martha,

Related to this article, I must take the opportunity to thank you for your excellent book "Scoliosis and the Human Spine". It was pivotal and inspirational to me in deciding to pursue Schroth training under Dr. Manuel Rigo last year. We are now practicing at our facililty with Schroth and are fully committed to learning more and growing our program - all in the spirit of your article on the hope of changing the asymmetrical forces on the spine.

I would like to please draw your attention to the ADVANCE PT publication that went out to APTA members last week. There is an article featuring Schroth in Wisconsin.

Joe, I am hopeful that you will be following up on your previously stated plans to publish on Schroth in an upcoming NSF newletter. I would be happy to contribute in anyway I can.

Cindy Marti, PT