title: Is lateral electric surface stimulation an effective treatment for scoliosis?
abstract: Eighteen patients with scoliosis were treated with lateral electric surface stimulation (LESS). Four (23%) discontinued the program because of discomfort, five did not carry through an adequate treatment program, and nine (50%) coped with a proper program. In spite of a good initial correction, five patients in the latter group progressed during treatment. Muscle biopsy specimens before and after a treatment period of 18 months revealed a tendency for the stimulation output to spill over to the concave side of the curve. In this study, LESS has not been an effective treatment for scoliosis.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*