Where Surgery Was the Standard, Casting May Be the Future (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) may lead doctors to choose to tweak an old technology ? casting ? over using high-tech implantable devices for...
View ArticleScoliosis in Teenagers: To Brace or Not to Brace Is Still a Question
The use of braces to correct excessive curvature of the spine, or scoliosis, in adolescents is still an area of controversy — and is likely to remain that way until there is better evidence, concludes...
View ArticleStudy shows that modern surgery for scoliosis has good long-term outcomes
Teenagers who undergo spine fusion for scoliosis using the newest surgical techniques can expect to be doing well 10 years after surgery, according to a Hospital for Special Surgery study published...
View ArticleRichard III may have gone through painful medical treatments to 'cure' his...
Richard III may have undergone painful medical treatments for his spinal curvature, according to research from a University of Leicester researcher.
View ArticleAcupuncture helps ailing alligator in Brazil (Update)
Bino's back was killing him. He was suffering from scoliosis. He couldn't move his legs, two of them anyway, and his tail just wouldn't swish.
View ArticleDid Richard III manage to keep his scoliosis a secret up until his death in...
Last month saw the mortal remains of King Richard III reinterred at Leicester Cathedral, more than two years after University of Leicester archaeologists discovered his skeleton in a car park in August...
View ArticlePulses for better posture
In an effort to find a better treatment for spinal curvature in children and young people, the EU's "StimulAIS" project is focused on electrostimulation of muscles. Fraunhofer scientists worked with...
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