Entries by Utenza Editor

Psychosocial Burden of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis of Patient and Caregiver Perspectives

18 September 2026 /0 Comments/in /by

Shuang Wang, Jiayi Zhao, Xiong Hu, Yanli Yuan, Yingying Xu, Ting Kan, Lingyan Cheng, Chen Qiu  Health Expect. 2026 Aug;29(4):e70785.doi: 10.1111/hex.70785. Abstract Background: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a three-dimensional spinal deformity that occurs in adolescents, exerting multidimensional and bidirectional impacts on the physical and mental health and social functioning of both patients and their caregivers. Prevalent […]

Is a Heavy School Backpack Really Bad for Your Back?

18 September 2026 /0 Comments/in /by

At the start of every school year, the weight of school backpacks becomes a concern for many parents. Can a heavy backpack damage the back, alter posture or contribute to spinal problems? A recent study published in the European Spine Journal examined 65 healthy schoolchildren under different loading conditions: without a backpack, with a load of 10–15% […]

ISICO ranks first for scientific publications in a new international analysis of scoliosis rehabilitation research

18 September 2026 /0 Comments/in /by

A new bibliometric study published in 2026 (Scientific literature landscape analysis of researches on rehabilitation in scoliosis over the last 30 years)  has mapped international research on scoliosis rehabilitation over the past three decades, identifying ISICO – the Italian Scientific Spine Institute – as the institution with the highest number of publications in the dataset […]

Stefano Negrini at the forefront of global rehabilitation research

11 September 2026 /0 Comments/in /by

Stefano Negrini, Scientific Director of ISICO, has been named joint winner, together with Christopher Maher (Australia), of the fourth edition of the four-yearly King Salman International Award for Disability Research, in the Rehabilitation and Social Sciences category. It is perhaps the most prestigious international award dedicated to research in the fields of disability and rehabilitation. […]

Determining the minimal clinically important difference of angle of trunk rotation for monitoring conservatively treated adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

20 August 2026 /0 Comments/in /by

Tuğba Kuru Çolak, Burçin Akçay Genal, İlker Çolak Eur Spine J. 2026 Jul 9. doi: 10.1007/s00586-026-10179-w. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Purpose: The angle of trunk rotation (ATR) is widely used in the clinical follow-up of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS); however, the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) has not been clearly defined. This study aimed to determine treatment-specific MCID values for […]

A scoliosis camp in Beijing: an unexpected experience

18 August 2026 /0 Comments/in /by

Our Physiotherapy Director, Michele Romano, was in China to teach a SEAS (Scientific Exercises Approach to Scoliosis) course for physiotherapists. While in Beijing, he was also scheduled to provide training on scoliosis treatment at Beijing Children’s Hospital. But when he arrived, he discovered that something completely different had been organized. This is his account of those four unexpected and […]

Training and Research: International Exchange in the First Half of 2026

17 August 2026 /0 Comments/in /by

566 professionals trained, 30 SEAS courses and more than 25 countries involved. These are some of the figures from the first seven months of 2026, during which ISICO’s international activities brought together training, research and scientific exchange. From the Philippines to Indonesia and Japan, from China to Kazakhstan, from France to the United States, and as […]

Friendship and Scoliosis: the bonds that last

16 June 2026 /0 Comments/in /by

There is a kind of friendship that begins in the most unexpected moments. Not during carefree afternoons or between school desks, but in those times when life asks you to grow up a little sooner than you expected. That is how they met: at a summer camp for teenagers with scoliosis. Not the typical camp […]

Spinopelvic alignment in asymptomatic adults: a global meta-analysis quantifying heterogeneity and proposing a functional parameter hierarchy

15 June 2026 /0 Comments/in /by

Yanis Shavlovskiy, Vladimir Nikolenko  Asian Spine J. 2026 Apr 23. doi: 10.31616/asj.2025.0532. Online ahead of print ABSTRACT Study design: Meta-analysis. Purpose: This PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses)-compliant meta-analysis aimed to quantify global variation in spinopelvic parameters among asymptomatic adults, distinguish population-invariant from adaptive components, and propose a clinically relevant parameter hierarchy. Overview of literature: High variability […]