Treatment and Rehabilitation of Patients with Scoliosis at the Turn of the Century
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.12775/4083Keywords
scoliosis, treatment, rehabilitationAbstract
Idiopathic scoliosis is an illness commonly occurring in children and teenagers. During its development three-dimensional deformities can be observed: in frontal plane - primary, lateral curvature, in sagittal plane - deepening or flattening of the natural curvature of the spine and in transversal, horizontal plane - rotation and torsion of the vertebrae
Scoliosis treatment and rehabilitation have been an important and complex issue since the ancient times.
The early methods, however, were very painful and hardly effective. At the turn of XVI - XVII centuries a fast development of scoliosis research and the first rehabilitation attempts were observed. In the following the use of corsets became a popular way of treatment. In Poland, scoliosis treatment and patients' rehabilitation gained new meaning at the turn of XVII-XIX centuries, when new, fast developing rehabilitation/treatment centers in Krakow, Poznań and Warsaw were opened.
References
Kasperczyk T.: Wady postawy ciała, leczenie i diagnostyka. Kraków 2001: 50-51.
Nowakowski A., Łabaziewicz L.: Skolioza idiopatyczna - epidemiologia i etiologia. Chir Narzadow Ruchu Ortop Pol 1998; 63(4): 317-320.
Kwolek A.: Rehabilitacja medyczna, tom2. Wrocław 2003: 250-256.
Wilczyński J. Korekcja wad postawy człowieka. Starachowice 2001: 196-225.
Milanowska K., Dega W.: Rehabilitacja medyczna. Warszawa 1999: 228-272.
The Pediatric Spine: Principles and Practice New York 1994: 556-557.
Farrell-Beck J.: Medical and Commercial Supports for Scoliotic Patients;
-1935. Studies in Anatomy and Technology; 1995 11(3): 142-163.
Dega W., Marciniak W.: Wiktora Degi ortopedia i rehabilitacja, tom 2. Warszawa 2004: 66-68.
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
Stats
Number of views and downloads: 0
Number of citations: 0