Reversal of the signs and symptoms of moderately severe idiopathic scoliosis in response to physical methods

Martha C. Hawes; William J. Brooks

doi:10.3233/978-1-60750-935-6-365

Reversal of the signs and symptoms of moderately severe idiopathic scoliosis in response to physical methods

Martha C. Hawes, William J. Brooks

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Abstract

This report describes improved signs and symptoms of previously untreated symptomatic spinal deformity in an adult female diagnosed with moderately severe thoracic scoliosis at the age of.7 years. Current treatment initiated at the age of forty included massage therapy, manual traction, ischemic pressure, and comprehensive manipulative medicine (CMM). A left-right chest circumference inequity was reduced by >10 cm, in correlation with improved appearance of the ribcage deformity and a 40% reduction in magnitude of Cobb angle, which had been stable for 30 years. The changes occurred gradually over an eight-year period, with the most rapid improvement occurring during two periods when CMM was employed.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Research into Spinal Deformities 4
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	365-368
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	1586032895, 9781586032890
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-935-6-365
State	Published - 2002
Event	4th Meeting of the International Research Society of Spinal Deformities, IRSSD 2002 - Athens, Greece Duration: May 24 2002 → May 27 2002

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Name	Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume	91
ISSN (Print)	0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)	1879-8365

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Other	4th Meeting of the International Research Society of Spinal Deformities, IRSSD 2002
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Athens
Period	5/24/02 → 5/27/02

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Biomedical Engineering
Health Informatics
Health Information Management

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Hawes, MC & Brooks, WJ 2002, Reversal of the signs and symptoms of moderately severe idiopathic scoliosis in response to physical methods. in Research into Spinal Deformities 4. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, vol. 91, IOS Press, pp. 365-368, 4th Meeting of the International Research Society of Spinal Deformities, IRSSD 2002, Athens, Greece, 5/24/02. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-935-6-365

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