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Background: The main treatment aim in mild scoliosis is to prevent progression and if possible, to avoid bracing. Physiotherapeutic Scoliosis Specific Exercises (PSSE) are curve pattern specific exercises, based on 3D self-correction and activities of daily living training.

Aim: The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of PSSE - Schroth, as an exclusive treatment, during the riskiest period of rapid growth.

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Background: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and its treatments can severely impact health-related quality of life. The Italian Spine Youth Quality of Life (ISYQOL) questionnaire, initially developed in Italian and tested on Italian people, was created to measure quality of life in young persons with spine changes. ISYQOL was created using the Rasch analysis, a modern psychometric technique for questionnaires' assessment and development, which showed that the ordinal scores of the ISYQOL Italian version provide sound quality of life measures.

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