MRI-based morphological evidence of spinal cord tethering predicts curve progression in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

• Published in: The spine journal Vol. 15; no. 6; pp. 1391 - 1401
• Main Authors: Deng, Min, Hui, Steve C.N., Yu, Fiona W.P., Lam, Tsz-Ping, Qiu, Yong, Ng, Bobby K.W., Cheng, Jack C.Y., Chu, Winnie C.W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Bone Density - physiology; Braces; Bracing; Child; Cohort Studies; Curve progression; Disease Progression; Female; Humans; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Orthopedics; Predictor; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Radiography; Scoliosis - diagnostic imaging; Scoliosis - pathology; Spinal cord; Spinal Cord - pathology; Spine - diagnostic imaging; Spine - pathology; Tethering; Spinal cord; Curve progression; Magnetic resonance imaging; Predictor; Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Bracing; Tethering

Existing prognostic factors for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients have focused mainly on curve, maturity, and bone-related factors. Previous studies have shown significant associations between curve severity and morphological evidences of relative shorter spinal cord tethering in AIS, a...