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Medications and Low Back Pain: an ISICO commentary of a Cochrane review

The Cochrane review “Pharmacological treatments for low back pain in adults: an overview of Cochrane Reviews” has recently been published. This extensive and methodologically robust work significantly updates our understanding of the effectiveness—and the limitations—of the medications most commonly used for low back pain: from paracetamol to NSAIDs, as well as muscle relaxants, opioids, antidepressants, and antiepileptics. […]

What is secondary scoliosis?

Scoliosis: idiopathic or secondary? Let’s look at the difference. Scoliosis,…

Best Practice Guidelines for bracing in AIS

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Which are the guidelines for using a brace in idiopathic scoliosis…

Message in a bottle: an Isico research

Isico's study, "Torsion bottle, a very simple, reliable, and…

Online Master: conclusion of edition 2020

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Our international online Master 2020 edition has reached its…

Isico involved in an international research project: brace versus plaster cast

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An international project involving clinical centres in 40 countries…

A perfectly straight back? That’s pretty rare!

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It is as rare to have a perfectly straight back and perfectly…

Physical activity in adults with scoliosis: what and how much?

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Before we start talking about scoliosis and physical activity…

A Brace classification study

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The study Brace Classification Study Group (BCSG): part one – definitions…