1.Cause
Generally spoken, scoliosis is an underestimated problem.
Worldwide 280 million patients are suffering of scoliosis and in the future it
will further increase by natural population growth. That is not the only reason
for the explosive increase of AIS patients, it is also as a result of other factors.
The current situation shows
that the problems within the Idiopathic scoliosis care are extensive and a
concatenation of factors, maintained by the vicious circle in which it is
situated.
Revealing
the etiology of AIS, is the best base to start finding long term
solutions. Without this ‘science’, the cycle will never be broken and all
problems still remain the same.
At
present, reintroduction of school screening is meaningless, since there is no
‘conservative’ treatment combating scoliosis effectively. All existing
conservative therapies are symptom-fighters and don’t address the cause
of scoliosis, which is one of the reasons why AIS is recurrent.
As a results of these conclusions the waiting
lists in hospitals will further increase, there will be more operations, more
children will be exposed tosevere health risks and school screening will
always remain debatable.
Professor
Ludwig van Rijn, head of orthopedic department Maastricht UMC + and author of
the article: ‘currently screening is certainly of great use’, and emphasizes: ‘The
consequences of abolition on the screening are now starting to become clear. At
present, children come to the clinic with severe curves. Severe back disorders
are not noticed in time’.
Due to the abolition of school screening,
children diagnosed with AIS, are nowadays most of the time discovered by
coincidence. This results in an alarming increase of the number of children
with large curves, which appears on the first consultation with their
physician. It is too late for conservative treatment and mostly surgery is the
only option.
To be continued.
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List
of sources.
• Zon Mw 2013: Report: ‘Youth Health Care Program Guidelines
2013-2018 Scoliosis’.
• TNO 2012: ‘A brief review of the basic responsibilities
youth healthcare’.
• Pr. Dr. V. Serdyuk at the University of
Odessa-Ukraine: ’Balance non-surgical therapy or infantile and juvenile idiopathic scoliosis 2014’.
• Pr. Dr. T. Karski at the University of Lublin
Poland, Scientific Research 2014: ‘The biomechanical etiology of the so-called
idiopathic scoliosis.
• 2014, Norwegian study of: cost of school
screening and treatment in idiopathic scoliosis.
•2013, Investigation of Scoliosis Research Society
International Task: on school screening.
• 2013, Oral presentation Sosort of the National
Scoliosis Foundation USA.: on school screening.
• 2012, Norwegian Research; ‘scoliosis detection,
school screening’.
•2014, Pr.dr.L.van Rhijn, head of orthopedic
department Maastricht UMC+: ‘Screening is certainly of great use’.
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