Can scoliosis harm the respiratory system?
Patients often ask us this question, as it is an aspect that particularly worries them.

Let us try and clear up some of these issues, drawing on relevant scientific research data.  

First of all, the latest studies have shown a correlation between impaired lung function and scoliosis only in very severe cases... 

LinkedIn: an online social network designed for business professionals

Further to the already presented social media, Isico has launched as well LinkedIn, dedicated nearly exclusively to business relationships. Since then it is in constant growth with new connections from both Italy and overseas ( for example from the USA, Australia, Brazil ...).
Several posts are released during the week providing updates on the treatment of vertebral deformities, scientific insights into world literature, including Isico publications, further to information and feedback on our courses held either online or in-class in other continents.
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Sosort LIVE Award : Isico competes as well
The international Sosort conference will be held on June 20 with a virtual appointment during which the Sosort Award will be awarded to the best scientific research.
Isico competes as well with the study "Final results of Brace Treatment of Adolescents with Idiopathic Scoliosis Prediction: 30-days Out-of-Brace is Better than In-Brace-X-Ray" conducted by Dr Sabrina Donzelli, physiatrist at Isico.

Isico has been also at the forefront of two other online events.
The first, on June 5, when prof. Stefano Negrini participated as a speaker at a Webinar organized by ISPRM within a series of appointments on "PRM Research on COVID-19 & Cochrane Rehabilitation Initiatives".
The second on "Current Trends in research on Scoliosis and other Spinal Deformities" was held on June 6, promoted by SCOSYM. Dr Fabio Zaina, physiatrist at Isico, was one of the speakers together with three other specialists joining virtually from different parts of the world.

Do my brace-free hours always have to be at the same time of day?

The hours that you are allowed to go without your brace must be continuous, but the time of day is up to you. Also, it doesn't matter if one day you choose to go without your brace in the evening, while the following day you choose the morning instead (thereby reducing, on that occasion, your hours of consecutive brace wearing). What matters is how many consecutive hours you remain without the brace during each 24 hours.
When you reach the point that you are allowed more than 10 brace- free hours per day, you will need to count your "brace-on" rather than your brace-free hours. When you reach this stage, the time that elapses from the moment you put it on to the moment you take it off must always correspond exactly to the number of brace hours prescribed.

Question from our booklet "Do you were a brace? Here is Isico's advice"...

Sforzesco in-brace corrections visible with EOS images

The aim of our study "The three-dimensional analysis of the Sforzesco brace correction", published by Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders, is to analyse the Sforzesco Brace correction, through all the parameters provided by Eos 3D imaging system. This is a cross-sectional study from a prospective database started in March 2003.
The study took into account 16 AIS girls (mean age 14.01) in Sforzesco brace treatment, with EOS x-rays, at start, in brace after one month and out of brace after the first four months of treatment...

Coming up

• June 20, 9am CST - eSosort Virtual Meeting - For more information on how to participate in the event, visit the dedicated website: https://sosort2020.com
• September 1-5 - ISCoS 2020, the 59th ISCoS Annual Scientific Meeting Goes VIRTUAL. Early Bird Registration is open and will close on Tuesday 30 June 2020.