[Progress of untreated scoliosis following poliomyelitis up to the end of the growth-period (author's transl)].
Further to an earlier paper on progression of untreated idiopathic scoliosis 37 patients with scoliosis following poliomyelitis are reported on. 16 of them could be observed for 2 years or more having had no treatment. Their progression is clearly more extensive than that of idiopathic scoliosis. But like them it is at a peak during the prepubertal spurt of growth. It also is more obvious the earlier it is recognized. The prognosis of post-poliomyelitic scoliosis is particularly bad when it starts shortly after onset of the paralysis.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000150:complications*; D011379:Prognosis; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013131:Spine / Q000254:growth & development*
Die Progredienz der unbehandelten Skoliose nach Poliomyelitis bis Wachstumsabschluss