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Featured article: Is lumbar facet joint tropism
developmental or secondary to degeneration?
Lumbar facet joints are key elements to provide stability and structure to the spine. Traditionally,
it has been a long-held belief that degenerative disc changes may lead to changes of the facet
joints, which then can lead to various spine pathologies, such as degenerative spondylolisthesis,
that may require surgical intervention. In an article by Samartzis et al. addressing a multicenter
study involving 33 spine institutes, the authors propose a new mechanism of facet joint changes
that may lead to spinal disorders and pain.
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1. Case report
Spinal correction of scoliosis in Jeune syndrome: a report of two cases
Wataru Saito, Gen Inoue, Takayuki Imura, Toshiyuki Nakazawa, Masayuki Miyagi,
Takanori Namba, Eiki Shirasawa, Naonobu Takahira and Masashi Takaso
Published on: 2 March 2016
2. Research
The use of growth standards and corrective formulae to calculate the
height loss caused by idiopathic scoliosis
Adrian Gardner, Anna Price, Fiona Berryman and Paul Pynsent
Published on: 26 February 2016
3. Research
Is lumbar facet joint tropism developmental or secondary to degeneration?
An international, large-scale multicenter study by the AOSpine Asia
Pacific Research Collaboration Consortium
Dino Samartzis, Jason Pui Yin Cheung, Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Yoshiharu
Kawaguchi, Shankar Acharya, Mamoru Kawakami, Shigenobu Satoh, Wen-Jer Chen,
Chun-Kun Park, Chong-Suh Lee, Thanit Foocharoen, Hideki Nagashima, Sunguk Kuh,
Zhaomin Zheng, Richard Condor, Manabu Ito…
Published on: 9 February 2016
4. Review
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS): a multifactorial cascade concept for
pathogenesis and embryonic origin
R. Geoffrey Burwell, Emma M. Clark, Peter H. Dangerfield and Alan Moulton
Published on: 30 January 2016
5. Research
Sagittal balance is more than just alignment: why PJK remains an
unresolved problem
Steven D. Glassman, Mark P. Coseo and Leah Y. Carreon
Published on: 22 January 2016
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1. Review
Rate of complications in scoliosis surgery – a systematic review of the Pub
Med literature
Hans-Rudolf Weiss and Deborah Goodall
Published on: 5 August 2008
2. Methodology
2011 SOSORT guidelines: Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation treatment of
idiopathic scoliosis during growth
Stefano Negrini, Angelo G Aulisa, Lorenzo Aulisa, Alin B Circo, Jean Claude de
Mauroy, Jacek Durmala, Theodoros B Grivas, Patrick Knott, Tomasz Kotwicki, Toru
Maruyama, Silvia Minozzi, Joseph P O'Brien, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Manuel Rigo,
Charles H Rivard, Michele Romano…
Published on: 20 January 2012
3. Review
The method of Katharina Schroth - history, principles and current
development
Hans-Rudolf Weiss
Published on: 30 August 2011
4. Case Report
Adult scoliosis can be reduced through specific SEAS exercises: a case
report
Alessandra Negrini, Silvana Parzini, Maria Gabriella Negrini, Michele Romano,
Salvatore Atanasio, Fabio Zaina and Stefano Negrini
Published on: 16 December 2008
5. Review
SEAS (Scientific Exercises Approach to Scoliosis): a modern and effective
evidence based approach to physiotherapic specific scoliosis exercises
Michele Romano, Alessandra Negrini, Silvana Parzini, Marta Tavernaro, Fabio Zaina,
Sabrina Donzelli and Stefano Negrini
Published on: 5 February 2015
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Article collections
Low back pain (forthcoming)
School screening for scoliosis
Aetiology of idiopathic scoliosis
SOSORT consensus & guidelines articles
Rehabilitation schools for scoliosis
Brace technology
Aims and scope
Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders is an open access, multidisciplinary journal that encompasses all
aspects of research on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, outcomes and cost-analyses of
conservative and surgical management of all spinal deformities and disorders. Both clinical and
basic science reports form the cornerstone of the journal in its endeavour to provide original,
primary studies as well as narrative/systematic reviews and meta-analyses to the academic
community and beyond. Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders aims to provide an integrated and
balanced view of cutting-edge spine research to further enhance effective collaboration among
clinical spine specialists and scientists, and to ultimately improve patient outcomes based on an
evidence-based spine care approach.
Society affiliations
Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders is the official journal of the Society on Scoliosis Orthopaedic and
Rehabilitation Treatment (SOSORT).
The journal is also affiliated to the following societies:
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International Research Society of Spinal Deformities (IRSSD)
Hellenic Spine Society (HSS)
Italian Scoliosis and Spine Study Group (GSS)
Italian Physiotherapist Association (AIFI)
Study in Multidisciplinary Pain Research (SIMPAR)
Chinese Orthopaedic Research Society (CORS)
International Spine and Pain Consortium (ISPC)
About the Editors
Dr Theodoros B Grivas, MD, PhD is currently Director of the Traumatology and
Orthopaedic Department at Tzaneio General Hospital in Piraeus.
Dr Dino Samartzis, DSc, is a faculty member at the Department of Orthopaedics and
Traumatology at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Director of Clinical Spine Research,
Deputy Director of the Laboratory and Clinical Research Institute of Pain, and Warden (Head) of
Hornell Hall at HKU.
Recent news and events
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SIMPAR 2016 - 7-9 April; Rome, Italy
EUROSPINE 2016 - 12-14 May; Kraków, Poland
SpineWeek 2016 - 16-20 May; Singapore
IRSSD and SOSORT combined meeting - 25-28 May 2016; Banff, Canada
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22nd IMAST meeting - 13-16 July - Washington DC, USA
37th SICOT World Congress - 8-10 September 2016; Rome, Italy
51st SRS Annual meeting - 21-24 September 2016: Prague, Czech Republic
Announcing Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders
From Volume 11 (2016), the journal will be publishing as Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders
(previously Scoliosis). The journal scope has broadened to include all types of spinal deformities
and disorders that entail conservative and surgical management within clinical or basic science
research.
In addition, we welcome our new co-Editor-in-Chief, Dr Dino Samartzis (University of Hong
Kong).
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