Scoliosis Deformity—Etiological Aspects, Management and Rehabilitation

Dear Colleagues,

The unclear understanding of the etiology of idiopathic scoliosis (IS) is the main reason for study of this deformity within the wider scope of its management. This management includes prevention, including school scoliosis screening, non-surgical treatment in the form of physiotherapeutic specific scoliosis exercises (PSSEs), bracing or a combination of these two, and finally surgical treatment. All these areas of study are relevant to this Special Issue, and any progress experienced within the above areas is useful for individuals with scoliosis. The quality of life of children and adolescents with IS has recently resulted in a number of publications based on its management. Due to the advancements mentioned above, it is expected that new articles based on the most sophisticated types of treatment will be submitted, as well as new relevant questionnaires to assess the QoL.In all publications, IS is described as a three-dimensional deformity. In reality, it is four-dimensional if the survival time parameter is considered, as individuals with the deformity will have the deformity until death. The importance of this comment is particularly pertinent in operated patients, as this group—treated with the current very powerful posterior spinal fusion systems—show a significant percentage of the so called “adjacent level disease” in long term follow-up, often leading to a revision of these operations. Furthermore, the reported complications, using any other modern surgical technique, may encourage the study of IS etiology of so that the treatment will eventually be etiological rather than symptomatic as it is today, minimizing complications, procedures, hospitalizations, and the burden on families.

In this Special Issue entitled “Scoliosis Deformity—Etiological Aspects, Management and Rehabilitation”, we welcome the submission of articles pertinent to the above topics.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Theodoros B. Grivas
Guest Editor

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• idiopathic scoliosis
• spinal deformity
• diagnosis
• physiotherapeutic specific scoliosis exercises (PSSEs)
• surgical treatment
• non-surgical treatment