Relative shortening and functional tethering of spinal cord in adolescent scoliosis – Result of asynchronous neuro-osseous growth, summary of an electronic focus group debate of the IBSE

• Published in: Scoliosis Vol. 3; no. 1; p. 8
• Main Authors: Chu, Winnie CW, Lam, Wynnie MW, Ng, Bobby KW, Tze-ping, Lam, Lee, Kwong-man, Guo, Xia, Cheng, Jack CY, Burwell, R Geoffrey, Dangerfield, Peter H, Jaspan, Tim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 27.06.2008; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Adolescence; Calcium binding proteins; Calmodulin; Care and treatment; Child development; Development and progression; Diagnosis; Diagnostic imaging; Etiology (Medicine); Kinematics; Magnetic resonance imaging; Melatonin; Methods; Neurologic examination; Review; Risk factors; Scoliosis; Syringomyelia; United Kingdom

There is no generally accepted scientific theory for the causes of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). As part of its mission to widen understanding of scoliosis etiology, the International Federated Body on Scoliosis Etiology (IBSE) introduced the electronic focus group (EFG) as a means of incre...