Conservative Treatment of Idiopathic Scoliosis through the Global Postural Re-Education

Dã¢ÂÂArio L,Galeoto G

doi:10.4172/2165-7920.1000630

Abstract

The Scoliosis Research Society defines scoliosis as a deformity in the frontal plane with a Cobb angle greater than 10°. Our case report shows a seven year’s old patient suffering from idiopathic scoliosis related to a myogenic torticollis from birth by hematoma of Sternocleidomastoid (SCM) dx. The patient through the rehabilitation treatment with the Global Postural Re-education (GPR) with frequency of a weekly session of 60 minutes, for a period of 14 months, showed a significant improvement of the postural, the reduction in Cobb degrees of scoliosis and lordosis and quality of life. However, it appears necessary to continue studying conservative rehabilitation methods effective for idiopathic scoliosis.

Highlights

Idiopathic Scoliosis (IS) is a complex structural deformity of the spine that twists on the three planes of space [1,2,3,4]
Many papers published on the effectiveness of conservative treatment of scoliosis use as a parameter modification of Cobb
At the first orthopaedic control held in January 2014 the patient was improved according radiography; it appeared clinically improved the set postural general and in particular the ratio skull-neck

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Introduction

Idiopathic Scoliosis (IS) is a complex structural deformity of the spine that twists on the three planes of space [1,2,3,4]. From a etiopathogenic point of view the spinal deformity caused by idiopathic scoliosis can be defined as the sign of a complex syndrome with a multifactorial ethology [5,6]. This sindrome shows itself almost always with a deformity, but deeper investigations may show sub-clinical significant signs [3,6,7,8]. The Scoliosis Research Society [1,10] defines scoliosis as a deformity in the frontal plane with a Cobb angle greater than 10° Based on this data, many papers published on the effectiveness of conservative treatment of scoliosis (physiotherapy, plaster braces, braces) use as a parameter modification of Cobb. J Clin Case Rep 5: 630. doi:10.4172/2165-7920.1000630

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