descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1952 English Publisher:Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)Journal:The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, volume 34, pages 47-54 (issn: 0021-9355,

Authors: Alvin M. Arkin;

doi: 10.2106/00004623-195234010-00003

pmid: 14907784

PROPHYLAXIS OF SCOLIOSIS

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Abstract

1. Gravity acting upon a growing spine which is not straight can produce structural scoliosis due to pressure-arrest of epiphyseal growth. 2. The early recognition and treatment of functional curvatures is therefore of primary importance in the prophylaxis of structural scoliosis. 3. Certain common types of functional curvatures can be corrected by tilting the pelvis by shoe and buttock lifts, thus preventing progression into structural scoliosis.

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Mount Sinai Health System
United States
Mount Sinai Hospital
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Keywords

Scoliosis, Humans

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