This report is the SOSORT Consensus Paper on School Screening for Scoliosis discussed at the 4th 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.

SOSORT consensus paper: school screening for scoliosis. Where are we today? / T.B. Grivas, M.H. Wade, S. Negrini, J.P. O'Brien, T. Maruyama, M.C. Hawes, M. Rigo, H.R. Weiss, T. Kotwicki, E.S. Vasiliadis, L.N. Sulam, T. Neuhous. - In: SCOLIOSIS. - ISSN 1748-7161. - 2:1(2007), pp. 17.1-17.23. [10.1186/1748-7161-2-17]

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

S. Negrini;
2007

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This report is the SOSORT Consensus Paper on School Screening for Scoliosis discussed at the 4th 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.
Settore MED/34 - Medicina Fisica e Riabilitativa
2007
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