Scoliosis considerably affects adolescents' physical well-being and quality of life. Current research offers scant data concerning the correlation between abnormal posture, screen time, physical ...

and right at the upper back (thoracic region). This article overviews levoscoliosis, including its causes, complications, diagnosis, and treatment. Around 80% of people with scoliosis develop the ...

Melissa Bishop “Item came quickly, it’s a nice size slightly larger than the average hand size. I have right side thoracic scoliosis and left lumbar compensatory scoliosis, my left shoulder is dropped ...

The condition, referred to as thoracic arthritis, is caused by the degeneration ... which causes a type of pigeon chest similar to barrel chest, will develop scoliosis. There also is a higher risk of ...

He said the legislation had received the overwhelming backing of scoliosis support groups and medical practitioners involved in scoliosis care. Minister Carroll MacNeill said 64 of the patients on ...

In pursuit of an hourglass figure, some patients (and their plastic surgeons) are exploring a dramatic new frontier in body contouring.

SAN DIEGO — Socioeconomic deprivation may influence a patient’s ability to attend planned orthopedic outpatient appointments, as well as their ability to access and engage with orthopedic care ...

Fetal MRI can be useful for analysis of the fetal spine if there is a suggestion of severe scoliosis and there is concern for diastematomyelia or vertebral malformations. Three-dimensional ...

However, over time, the imbalance between the hips and pelvis can place excessive stress on the lower back, causing symptoms like: Kyphosis and lordosis can happen at the same time, along with a ...

1 Department of Paediatrics, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK 2 Department of Paediatrics, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK ...

In this paper we review surgery that impairs the function of the respiratory muscles—namely cardiac, thoracic, and upper abdominal surgery. Therapeutic interventions or protective measures for ...