SOSORT consensus paper: school screening for scoliosis. Where are we today?

This report is the SOSORT Consensus Paper on School Screening for Scoliosis discussed at the 4(th )International Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities, presented by SOSORT, on May 2007. The objectives were numerous, 1) the inclusion of the existing information on the issue, 2)...

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Autores principales: Grivas, Theodoros B, Wade, Marian H, Negrini, Stefano, O'Brien, Joseph P, Maruyama, Toru, Hawes, Martha C, Rigo, Manuel, Weiss, Hans Rudolf, Kotwicki, Tomasz, Vasiliadis, Elias S, Sulam, Lior Neuhaus, Neuhous, Tamar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2228277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18039374
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-7161-2-17
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Sumario:This report is the SOSORT Consensus Paper on School Screening for Scoliosis discussed at the 4(th )International Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities, presented by SOSORT, on May 2007. The objectives were numerous, 1) the inclusion of the existing information on the issue, 2) the analysis and discussion of the responses by the meeting attendees to the twenty six questions of the questionnaire, 3) the impact of screening on frequency of surgical treatment and of its discontinuation, 4) the reasons why these programs must be continued, 5) the evolving aim of School Screening for Scoliosis and 6) recommendations for improvement of the procedure.

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