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New scoliosis in adolescents research reported from University of Kansas

Published in Drug Law Weekly, August 12th, 2008

Researchers detail in 'Treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with quantified trunk rotational strength training: a pilot study,' new data in scoliosis. According to recent research from the United States, "Prospective clinical trial. To test the hypothesis that quantified trunk rotational strength training will equalize any strength asymmetry, increase strength overall, and stabilize adolescent idiopathic scoliosis."

"Bracing, the only generally accepted form of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis nonoperative therapy, has many shortcomings. Paraspinal muscle abnormalities, which have been extensively documented in these patients, are generally considered to be...

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