Scoliosis was also diagnosed at the age of five, and had progressed to about 42 degrees by the age of 16.
Scoliosis is usually present in adult patients.
Scoliosis, orthopaedic and orthotic requirements should be reassessed at each follow-up; it is clearly superior if an orthopaedic service with interest and experience in muscle disease is used.
Whether any particular adult now suffering from scoliosis could have been treated successfully with earlier detection of the condition is a matter for clinical judgment.
A child sitting in a wheelchair can so easily develop scoliosis.
A range of services for the treatment of scoliosis is available across the country and spinal corrective surgery for children is undertaken at over 40 hospitals.
She suffered from scoliosis as a child and went on to play high school basketball.
She had wanted to be a ballerina but was forced to abandon this goal due to moderate scoliosis.
