Categoría: – CORE y escoliosis

Spinal deformity in the adolescent athlete (Fragment)

Kirkham B. Wood, MD. From the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota CLINICS IN SPORTS MEDICINE More and more young people are participating in sports, especially women, who are involving themselves in increasingly strenuous and vigorous competitive activities at an earlier age than ever before.41 Knowledge about the effect sports have on the developing spine and …

Exercises reduce the progression rate of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Results of a comprehensive systematic review of the literature (Fragment)

NEGRINI, C. FUSCO, S. MINOZZI, S. ATANASIO, F. ZAINA & M. ROMANO ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute), Milan, Italy. Abstract Background. A previously published systematic review (Ped.Rehab.2003 –DARE 2004) documented the existence of the evidence of level 2a (Oxford EBM Centre) on the efficacy of specific exercises to reduce the progression of AIS (Adolescent Idiopathic …