title: Indications for conservative management of scoliosis (guidelines).
abstract: This guideline has been discussed by the SOSORT guideline committee prior to the SOSORT consensus meeting in Milan, January 2005 and published in its first version on the SOSORT homepage: http://www.sosort.org/meetings.php. After the meeting it again has been discussed by the members of the SOSORT guideline committee to establish the final 2005 version submitted to Scoliosis, the official Journal of the society, in December 2005.
authors.affiliation: Asklepios Katharina Schroth Spinal Deformities Rehabilitation Centre, Bad Sobernheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Hans-Rudolf
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.affiliation: ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute), Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Negrini
authors.affiliation: Instituto Èlena Salvá, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rigo
authors.affiliation: University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kotwicki
authors.affiliation: University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721, USA.
authors.forename: Martha C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hawes
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department "Thriasion" General Hospital, Magula, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Theodoros B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Grivas
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan.
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.affiliation: Landesklinik für Orthopädie, Müllner Hauptstr. 48, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria.
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Landauer