scoliosis Flashcards
% has slight scoliosis between
75%between t6-8
the % that has scoliosis is on what side and why
on right cause heart pushing and dominant side
when you have a lateral bending you also get
rotation of the body
when check for scoiliosis
7th-8th grade
functional scoliosis
cause of overuse of muscle soft tissue (we can help_
structural scoliosis
deals with bones nad embryological development with migrationn anterior to posterior and cephalic to caudal
righting reflex
like if have a wedge vertebrae the body will make you stand up so that you can still see straight
two subclassifications of structural scoliosis
congenital/developmental and acquired
congenital/developmental scoliosis
ossification centers not occuring so could have malformation so thers no bone
acquired scoliosis structural
surgery, accidents, wolfs law comes into play ,
how find scoliosis
palpation to find it, xray find the degree
scoliosis is most prominent in
thoracic
wedge vertebrae
one side didnt form
block vertebrae
two vertebrae fused together because no ivd
hemivertebrae
when only half vert body forms during migration of sclerotomes
what are the types of hemivertebrae
semisegmented, fully segmented, wedge
unsegmented bard vert
two vert connected on one side
unsegmented bar with hemivertebrae
connected vert with a partially developed vert
what do u do with scoliosis the muscles
side of concavity: stretch those muscles
fatigue muscle on lengthened convex side
gaurding/splinting
when area is injured the areas around it gaurd the area
what do they put in people with scoliosis
harrington rods
test for scoliosis
adam’s test