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Telemedicine in response to Covid-19 emergency: the first results
"I have appreciated being able to have continuity of treatment and the certainty that I can go on being supported by my doctor and therapist even in an emergency, like the one created by the coronavirus outbreak".
This is one of many anonymous comments collected by ISICO through quality assessment questionnaires that patients are filling in, voluntarily, to give us their personal feedback on our telemedicine service.
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Telerehabilitation: the video explaining
Dr Michele Romano, director of physical therapy of Isico, explains how the examinations and treatments evolve during the Coronavirus epidemic.
Isico maintains its commitment and the trust that patients have given us by putting their health in our hands.
Seas: how it evolves to move forward
Due to the Coronavirus emergency and the consequent restrictive measures, our SEAS courses, foreseen in different countries of the world in the next period, cannot be done: we are ready to reschedule them as soon as possible. In some cases, however, SEAS has been able to evolve in online mode in order not to stop completely...
Teleprevention: a video to stay active in family
Our director of physical therapy, Michele Romano, has prepared a video in which he explains how to prevent back pain and presents a series of simple exercises to be done at home.
They take up very little time and you don't need any equipment to do them: preventive exercises in telehealth mode...
English Isico Facebook page: follow us!
Since a couple of months, Isico has added a Facebook page in English language to the long-time established one in Italian language. Whereas the Italian profile addresses mainly our patients and professional colleagues with local and national news, the English profile wants to be international, dedicated to those who follow us from the rest of the world; supplying updates on the treatment of vertebral deformities, giving scientific insights in the worldwide literature, including the Isico publications, info and feedbacks concerning our courses performed either online and in other continents, further to photos, videos and curiosities of our field.
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Brace-contest: launched the sixth edition
After the success of the previous five editions, the Isico national competition makes six. The edition 2020-2021 of our contest dedicated to scoliosis and patients wearing braces, has started.
What's new in the sixth edition? The award ceremony will take place in 2021 during the Isico Training Day when our staff meets up.
For this edition, the participants can tell both their daily life with the brace and their experience with Telemedicine through photos, videos and written stories.
Can wearing a brace be a problem for teenagers?
Isico uses underarm corrective braces that are easily hidden under t-shirts (providing these are a slightly loose fitting), and they are very well tolerated and unobtrusive. They can be worn for sport and for physical exercise at school, and indeed allow the wearer to lead a perfectly normal life.
When we say they "can" be worn, we mean they must be worn!
Bracing works better in Italy
Bracing treatment reduces the risk of needing surgery, but the proportion of patients who manage to avoid the scalpel differs between Europe and North America.
The factor that makes the difference is patient compliance, i.e. a patient's adherence to, and belief in, the course of bracing treatment prescribed. In this regard, Italian patients certainly come out on top.
This is what emerged from a study conducted by ISICO entitled "AIS Bracing Success is Influenced by Time in Brace: Comparative Effectiveness Analysis of BrAIST and ISICO Cohorts", which has just been published in the scientific journal Spine.
Prevalence of the thoracic scoliosis in children and adolescents candidates for strabismus surgery: results from a 1935-patient cross-sectional study in China
Pan XX1,2,3, Huang CA1,2,3, Lin JL1,2,3, Zhang ZJ1,2,3, Shi YF1,2,3, Chen BD1,2,3, Zhang HW1,2,3, Dai ZY4,5, Yu XP4,5, Wang XY6,7,8.
Eur Spine J. 2020 Apr;29(4):786-793. doi: 10.1007/s00586-020-06341-7. Epub 2020 Feb 28.
This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the epidemiology of thoracic scoliosis in children and adolescents with strabismus and investigate the association of two diseases...
What can parents do to help manage brace-wearing youngsters' anger and outbursts?
Fighting scoliosis is a team effort. It is also a long, difficult and sometimes exhausting battle in which the patient, who is in the front line of course, is ably supported by various team members: a specialist doctor, a physiotherapist, an orthopaedic technician and, if necessary, a psychologist.
Nevertheless, the people best placed to support patients are the members of their own family.
Parents, who directly experience the everyday problems faced by their child, can play an active and crucial role in ensuring that the treatment runs smoothly.
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