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Scoliosis assessment in friedreich's ataxia by means of intrinsic parameters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

P. Allard ,
J. Dansereau ,
M. Duhaime  and
G. Geoffroy
P. Allard
Affiliation:
School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University Paediatric Research Centre, Sainte-Justine Hospital, Montreal
J. Dansereau
Affiliation:
Department of Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
M. Duhaime
Affiliation:
Paediatric Research Centre, Sainte-Justine Hospital, Montreal Service of Orthopaedic Surgery
G. Geoffroy
Affiliation:
Paediatric Research Centre, Sainte-Justine Hospital, Montreal Department of Neurology, Sainte-Justine Hospital, Montreal
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Abstract

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Spinal deformities have been evaluated in a five year retrospective study where 28 boys and 25 girls all having Friedreich's ataxia were on the average assessed once a year in a multidisciplinary clinic. Scoliosis seems somewhat more progressive in girls than in boys and more severe in non-ambulatory than ambulatory patients. Some of those scolioses are very progressive reaching 60° to 100° Cobb angle values requiring spinal surgery while other progress less rapidly and do well on their own. In addition it was shown that the intrinsic geometric spine curve parameters namely that of curvature and torsion are a powerful diagnostic tool in the assessment of evolutive scoliosis.

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Type
B—Clinical Physiology and Pathology
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 11 , Issue S4 , November 1984 , pp. 582 - 587
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1984

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