Predictors of spine deformity progression in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To evaluate published data on the predictors of progressive adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) in order to evaluate their efficacy and level of evidence.

Methods

Selection criteria

(1) study design: randomized controlled clinical trials, prospective cohort studies and case series, retrospective comparative and none comparative studies; (2) participants: adolescents with AIS aged from 10 to 20 years; and (3) treatment: observation, bracing, and other.

Search method

Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane Library, PubMed and patent data bases. All years through August 2014 were included. Data were collected that showed an association between the studied characteristics and the progression of AIS or the severity of the spine deformity. Odds ratio (OR), sensitiv

SUBMITTER: Noshchenko A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4539477 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature