SCOLIOSIS Flashcards
the most common form, often seen in the children and adolescents where the cause is unknown.
Idiopathic scoliosis
This type of scoliosis that results from abnormal spinal development in the womb
Congenital scoliosis
Caused by underlying conditions like cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, or spinal cord injury.
Neuromuscular scoliosis
Typically occurs in adult due to age related changes in the spine, such as wear and tear on the discs and joints
Degenerative scoliosis
An excessive forward rounding of the upper back. It is usually seen in older people due to weakness in the spinal bones.
Kyphosis
A condition where spine curves abnormally, typically forming S or C shape rather than a straight line.
Scoliosis
S shaped or double curve in which both the thoracic and lumbar cross the midline
Lumbar curve is larger and stiffer than thoracic curve
L4 or L3 fused down
Type I
S shaped or double curve in which both the thoracic and lumbar cross the midline
Thoracic curve is larger and stiffer than lumbar curve
Thoracic fusion
Type II
Thoracic crosses midline but lumbar does not cross midline
Thoracic fusion
Type III
Long thoracic curve in which L5 is centered over sacrum but L4 tilts into long thoracic curve
Fused thru L4
Type IV
Tests that makes you bend forward
Adam’s test
Tests that measure angle of trunk rotation(ATR)
Scoliometer
How to describe a scolio curve
PLEAD
A method, where the degree of scoliotic curvature is determined by the angle formed by the intersection of two lines at the center of apical vertebra
Rigger-Ferguson ,method
