Entries by Utenza Editor

Curve type, flexibility, correction, and rotation are predictors of curve progression in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis undergoing conservative treatment: a systematic review

20 June 2022 /0 Comments/in /by

Every year, the Italian Scoliosis Study Group selects the best published papers on conservative spine treatment from the global scientific literature.Here is the abstract from one of these papers.  Curve type, flexibility, correction, and rotation are predictors of curve progression in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis undergoing conservative treatment : a systematic review Lester P K Wong, Prudence W […]

Brace: a drawing on cyberbullying

20 June 2022 /0 Comments/in /by

The brace accompanied Valentina for five long years: due to a scoliotic curve that in the worst period exceeded 60°; a scoliosis form challenging to be contained but faced with great determination thanks also to the support of a wonderful family. From the parents to her sister, Sofia, who wanted to somehow tell about Valentina’s […]

Alessia’s story: a champion who dances

15 June 2022 /0 Comments/in /by

Alessia has dancing in her heart. For years she has been treated with a back brace and exercises due to a challenging scoliotic curve and her path has always been a struggling uphill ride, during which she never lost sight of her passion, dancing! She never stopped dancing, even wearing her corset and never gave up […]

Can scoliosis get worse while you are waiting for a brace?

15 June 2022 /0 Comments/in /by

It may happen that between the prescription of a brace and its actual application, some time can elapse, may this be due to bureaucratic issues, issues linked to the orthopaedic shop or simply to personal reasons. Considering that a brace is prescribed precisely to prevent scoliosis from getting any worse, it is legitimate to wonder […]

Green June: The tin man tale

8 June 2022 /0 Comments/in /by

June is the month of scoliosis and during this #scoliosisawarenessmonth  we are sharing images, videos and testimonials on our social networks to remember the importance of it. Today is the time for a story that years ago won our Concorsetto in 2019. A text written by a young patient, Leonardo Vener, entitled “The tin man”. […]

Dress green with us in June

30 May 2022 /0 Comments/in /by

As every year, Isico dresses in green throughout June with a particular initiative. During the four weeks of the month, we will release dedicated posts on our social networks where each time we will share something different: a video, a testimony or an image to talk about scoliosis and how it is possible to live your daily life and […]

ISSLS 2022: Fabio Zaina’s take

18 May 2022 /0 Comments/in /by

Finished SOSORT Meeting, ISICO physiatrist Fabio Zaina headed to Boston where the 48th ISSLS Annual Meeting, another international event that, following the hiatus due to the pandemic, could finally be staged in the normal way again. Dr Zaina represented ISICO by giving a presentation which was one of the 8 selected for presentation to the general assembly at the […]

Isico’s research wins the SOSORT Award

16 May 2022 /0 Comments/in /by

For the fourth consecutive year, Isico has obtained the most prestigious award for those involved in rehabilitative treatment of the spine, winning the SOSORT Award with the study Prediction of Future Curve Angle using Prior Visit Information in Previously Untreated Idiopathic Scoliosis: Natural History in Patients under 26 Years Old with Prior Radiographs. The research, which […]