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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. […]

Calling Scoliosis Bracing Experts: how to participate

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Aim: To create a classification of braces, with the help…

Tennis doesn’t hurt your back

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The Isico study “Adolescent agonistic tennis and spinal diseases,…

Juvenile scoliosis: what it is and how it is treated. The Isico experience

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Juvenile scoliosis is defined by an age at diagnosis of between…

Bracing also works in patients who are overweight

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According to the Isico study entitled “Overweight…

Why aren’t all braces the same?

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How important, in scoliosis treatment, is the type of therapeutic…

Swimming is not a treatment option

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Swimming is not a treatment option for scoliosis; on the contrary,…

Eurospine's education program

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Isico’s Dr Zaina is part of the team contributing to the new…

Prof. Negrini awarded at the SRS congress

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The SRS congress that took place in Bologna at the beginning…