Indications for conservative management of scoliosis (guidelines).
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.
Weiss
Hans-Rudolf
HR
Asklepios Katharina Schroth Spinal Deformities Rehabilitation Centre, Bad Sobernheim, Germany.
Negrini
Stefano
S
ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute), Milan, Italy.
Rigo
Manuel
M
Instituto Èlena Salvá, Barcelona, Spain.
Kotwicki
Tomasz
T
University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Hawes
Martha C
MC
University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721, USA.
Grivas
Theodoros B
TB
Orthopaedic Department "Thriasion" General Hospital, Magula, Athens, Greece.
Maruyama
Toru
T
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan.
Landauer
Franz
F
Landesklinik für Orthopädie, Müllner Hauptstr. 48, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria.