Scoliosis Introduction - The Hump in the diagnosis adn treatment of Scoliosis

INTRODUCTION

By the word scoliosis we use to define a curvature of the spine on the frontal plane, usually accompanied by a deformity in rotation. In accordance with the Scoliosis Research Society, we distinguish a non-structured scoliosis and a structured scoliosis (Table 1 ).
NOT-STRUCTURED SCOLIOSIS False, functional or aptitude, is a temporary and not fixed curvature of the spine without axial rotation of the vertebrae, due to:	STRUCTURED SCOLIOSISTable 1 Fixed and permanent curvature of the spine, with an axial rotation of the vertebrae demonstrated, on the back of the patient, with a protuberance called hump that is not modifiable by the patient; it can be :
POSTURAL CAUSES DIFFERENT LENGTH OF LOWER LIMBS INFLAMMATORY INJURIES HISTERICAL CAUSES TUMORS	IDIOPATHIC (85-90 % of cases) Infantile (0 – 3 years) Juvenile (3-10 years) Adolescents(>10years) __ Other causes (10-15%): CONGENITAL Failure of formation Failure of segmentation Mixed NEUROMUSCOLAR Neuropathic Myopathic NEUROFIBROMATOSIS MESENCHYMAL ORIGIN Marfan syndrome Ehlers-Danlos syndrome OSTEOCHONDRODYSTROPHIES POST IRRADIATION BONE INFECTIONS TUMORS OTHER
In this work we study only structured idiopathic scoliosis. In the next report we will focus on the other types of scoliosis.

NOT-STRUCTURED SCOLIOSIS