Timing and predictors of return to short-term functional activity in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis after posterior spinal fusion: a prospective study.

Study Design: Prospective study.

Objective: To assess the timing and predictors of return to short-term functional activity in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) after posterior spinal fusion (PSF).

Summary Of Background Data: Few studies have examined the timing and rate of return to short-term functional activity in patients with AIS after PSF.

Low body mass index in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: relationship with pre- and postsurgical factors.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To determine the association between low preoperative body mass index (BMI) and outcome of spinal fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).

Summary Of Background Data: Several studies report a lower weight and BMI in untreated subjects with AIS than nonscoliotic age-matched controls.

Internet use by parents of children attending a dedicated scoliosis outpatient clinic.

Purpose: No information exists on the level of internet use among parents of pediatric patients with scoliosis. The internet may represent a medium through which to provide information to augment the outpatient consultation. The aim of this research was to establish the prevalence of internet use amongst a cohort of parents attending a pediatric scoliosis outpatient clinic.