Search for dissertations about: "idiopathic scoliosis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words idiopathic scoliosis.

  2. 1. Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis : A Deformity in Three Dimensions

    Author : Ludvig Vavruch; Hans Tropp; Daniel Forsberg; Nils Dahlström; Staffan Wirell; Paul Gerdhem; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Scoliosis is a complex three-dimensional deformity of the spine. Even though it has been known for centuries, treatment of the deformity has focused on correcting only in the frontal plane. READ MORE

  4. 2. Adolescents' experiences of undergoing scoliosis surgery : psychological aspects and patterns of pain

    Author : Anna-Clara Rullander; Viveca Lindh; Karin Enskär; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Scoliosis; Nursing; Perioperative care; Pain; Adolescent; Recovery;

    Abstract : Background: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) affects 1 – 3% of all children aged 10 – 16 years; of these approximately 80% are girls. Scoliosis surgery is a major (one of the most extensive) elective paediatric orthopaedic procedure and is known to cause severe and excruciating pain that requires advanced postoperative pain management. READ MORE

  5. 3. Inheritance and genetics in idiopathic scoliosis

    Author : Anna Grauers; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Idiopathic scoliosis is the most common spine deformity, affecting approximately 3% of children and adolescents. Its aetiology is still unknown. However, relatives of individuals with idiopathic scoliosis have a higher risk of developing scoliosis compared to the general population. READ MORE

  6. 4. Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. The Role of Low Dose Computed Tomography

    Author : Kasim Abul-Kasim; Malmö Diagnostisk radiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; low-dose spine CT; effective dose; screw misplacement; adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; outcome.; titanium screws; image quality; neurovascular complication; phantom;

    Abstract : Continuous implementation of new operative methods for correction and stabilization of spinal deformities in young patients with AIS demands a detailed morphological analysis of the vertebral column. CT spine according to protocols available in daily clinical practice means high radiation dose to these young individuals. READ MORE

  7. 5. Idiopathic scoliosis : radiographic, neurophysiologic and psychologic aspects

    Author : Yngvi Ólafsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : idiopathic scoliosis; brace treatment; back surface analysis; self-image; somatosensory testing;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to study brace treatment outcome, the brace effect on electromyographic muscle responses and self image, possible occurrence of somatosensory dysfunction and the descriptive power of surface topography contra radiography, in idiopathic scoliosis. There were 64 patients in a retrospective 4. READ MORE