Normal spine is without any curve in the back as a straight line, if the certain part ofspine bends sideways, it is called scoliosis. Scoliosis is divided into idiopathic, congenital and neuromuscular paralytic type according to etiology .The idiopathic scoliosis is the most common disease among them,that occurs in children in 10-14 year-old.Girls are more than boys.Scoliosis will be exacerbated without treatment on time as their age increases. Much worse it cause thoracic deformity and affect the function of heart and lung function. Medical experts find out that patients wear orthosis for correction on time and do rehabilitation exercises. We can control the development of deformities and correction of scoliosis angle in order to prevent thedisability in future.
In the past children with scoliosis generally have to wait to have corrective spine surgery until around the age of 14. The development of scoliosis develops rapidly and deformity exacerbates in growth and development stage when they wait for surgery.If we don’t control the development of scoliosis, it increases the difficulty of surgical correction even until the age for surgery. Nowadays with the development of science and technology, synthetic polymer materials are used widely, people combine medicine with engineering people bye the use of orthosis technology of modern rehabilitation engineering for treatment of mild scoliosis, correction or control of abnormal development.
Curve of scoliosis is usually accessed by scientific method of Cobb angle . When Cobb angle is less than 15-20 degrees, patient may persist in rehabilitation exercises under the guide from rehabilitation doctors. Usually the scoliosis can be under control and in the way of recovery, but the patient must be regularly reviewed.
When Cobb angle is greater than 20 degrees, less than 45-50 degrees,patient must wear orthotics to prevent scoliosis from getting worse. When Cobb angle is greater than 50 degrees,it should consider the implementation of orthopedic spine surgery to correct.
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