Juvenile scoliosis is defined by an age at diagnosis of between 4 and 9 years; the form appearing earlier than this is termed infantile, while the one detected later is referred to as adolescent scoliosis. The juvenile form accounts for between 12% and 21% of all cases of idiopathic scoliosis occurring in youngsters. Exercises and bracing […]
According to the Isico study entitled “Overweight is not predictive of bracing failure in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: results from a retrospective cohort study”, published in the European Spine Journal, bracing can give excellent results in overweight or obese patients, too. This research started from a question: is overweight really a factor that can jeopardise the outcome of bracing treatment […]
How important, in scoliosis treatment, is the type of therapeutic instrument used? Obviously, both the treatment itself and the instrument chosen are very important factors. After all, while it is true that one brace may not be as good as another, it is also true that even an excellent one must be managed through an […]
Swimming is not a treatment option for scoliosis; on the contrary, if practised competitively it can, in many cases, be detrimental. And it carries the risk of causing low back pain. This was confirmed by our study Swimming and spinal deformities: a cross-sectional study published in the Journal of Pediatrics. The study compared a sample of 112 competitive […]
Isico’s Dr Zaina is part of the team contributing to the new EUROSPINE Diploma in Interprofessional Spine Care (EDISC) course. The 2018 Eurospine Congress held in Barcelona saw the unveiling of the new EUROSPINE Diploma in Interprofessional Spine Care (EDISC). The non-surgical task force given the mandate to develop the curriculum for this non-surgical interprofessional […]
The SRS congress that took place in Bologna at the beginning of October has seen Isico at the forefront, primarily with the awarding of the prestigious John H. Moe award to Prof. Stefano Negrini, Isico’s scientific director, for the best research poster titled Paravertebral muscles show double-cross activation but also in single AIS curves, with a corresponding oxygen […]
In September Isico attended the International Eurospine Congress in Barcelona. Dr. Francesca Di Felice presented a poster titled Adolescent idiopathic bracing success rates influenced by time in brace: Comparative effectiveness analysis of the BrAIST and ISICO cohorts, while Dr. Fabio Zaina delivered an oral presentation about the study, ISYQOL discriminates adolescents with spinal deformities subgroups better than the SRS-22 questionnaire. The […]
It is not just a question of how many hours the brace is worn but also of patient compliance with the prescription. Take, for example, Marco and Ginevra. Both have idiopathic scoliosis, are followed by Isico specialists, and wear a Sforzesco brace for 20 and 23 hours a day, respectively. Marco complies with the prescription […]
ISICO will be present at the International Congress of the SRS (Society of Research on Scoliosis), to be held in Bologna from 10 to 13 October. SRS, founded in 1966, is the oldest scientific society for the treatment of scoliosis. ‘We will present the study, Brace -Wearing Time is the Strongest Predictor of Final Results: A Regression Model in […]
At the International Eurospine Congress in Barcelona, 19 to 21 September, Dr. Fabio Zaina will present a poster titled Adolescent idiopathic bracing success rates influenced by time in brace: Comparative effectiveness analysis of the BrAIST and ISICO cohorts, while Dr. Francesca Di Felice will deliver an oral presentation about the study, ISYQOL discriminates adolescents with spinal deformities subgroups better than the […]