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| World Master Course: ready for the edition 2024! First of all, some numbers to convey the concept of an international training event, which has now become part of Isico's traditional educational offer, together with the Italian Master Course on scoliosis treatment, the SEAS courses, and the course on the Sforzesco brace construction.
In 11 editions, there were 315 participants from 56 different countries, including 22 European countries, 17 Asian countries, 6 from the Americas, 4 from Africa, and 2 from Oceania. In other words, our World Master Course, which began in 2016, includes the whole world interested in the rehabilitation treatment of spinal pathologies. |
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| World Master: participants' experiences
One of the most extraordinary aspects of these eight editions of our international online master course was to meet up and exchange views with students from all over the world who also told us how scoliosis is treated in their countries, what they expected from this training path, and what made the experience of this course unique.
We have mixed a short video of students' feedback because no one better than those who have attended the course can tell others about it, together with a short presentation of the course given by Prof. Stefano Negrini, scientific director of our institute. |
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The role of 3D ultrasound-imaging in the diagnosis and monitoring of scoliosis According to current guidelines, standing anteroposterior radiographs are the most reliable method for diagnosing scoliosis.
However, monitoring scoliosis, especially during growth, entails frequent radiation exposure (a full-spine X-ray every 6 -12 months). Experts in recent years have been focusing on the quest to find an alternative, completely radiation-free system able to provide clinicians with equally reliable information. Scolioscan®, developed in Hong Kong, is the first ultrasound imaging system that seems to offer valuable support... |
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EUROSPINE Congress in Frankfurt: Isico also present
It is with great pleasure that we announce our participation in the next 25° EUROSPINE congress, held in Frankfurt from October 4th to 6th.
The conference will provide the highest scientific content including live educational events such as podium sessions, controversial debates, or fireside sessions. Isico will be present with physiatrist, Dr. Fabio Zaina, a recently nominated member of the committee. During the event, Dr. Zaina will chair the module on vertebral deformities of EDISC (Eurospine Training Course on Spinal Rehabilitation); he will also be a member of SSCQE, a committee that certifies the structures of excellence in the world for spinal pathologies. |
| Michele Romano at SCOSYM2023 The 4th edition of SCOSYM2023 has been hosted in Istanbul, Turkey, presenting top spine researchers from across the world to share expertise and research on one platform.
Michele Romano, director of Isico's physiotherapy department, was present on September 24th. His report has been placed within Panel 5, a panel entirely dedicated to surgery. A rather unusual panel for a physiotherapist, but this choice has been determined by his extremely innovative presentation, focusing on specific exercises post-surgery for scoliosis.
In the afternoon of the same day, he was giving a taste of the "SEAS - Scientific Exercise Approach to Scoliosis" in a dedicated course. |
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In October, let's move your spine! An estimated one billion people suffer from spinal pain, with 540 million people at any one time. Spinal pain and disability are more prevalent than cancer, stroke, heart disease, diabetes, and Alzheimer's disease combined.
This is why the health of the spine will be at the centre of attention next month. On a global level, as has been the tradition for some years now, the day of October 16 will be dedicated to the initiative of SOSORT, whereas SRS (Scoliosis Research Society) will promote this special initiative for the entire month. The World Spine Day theme for 2023 will be MOVE YOUR SPINE: the 2023 campaign calls on people to care for their spines by staying active. Evidence has shown that immobility and a lack of physical activity are contributors to spinal pain and disability.
Isico will also do its part to
share education about general back and spine conditions. To learn more or do something, visit the website |
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STEP BY STEP National Conference
Michele Romano, director of physiotherapy in ISICO, took part on September 17 at the STEP BY STEP National Conference: S.O.S. POSTURE Multidisciplinary approaches in posturology in Romania.
The Conference in collaboration with the Royal Club of Doctors and international participation aimed to bring together the elites of physiotherapy from Romania and abroad to contribute to supporting the development and professionalism of physiotherapy services in the country.
The purpose is to emphasise the multidisciplinary team in which the physiotherapist has an important role. Michele Romano was an invited speaker with a recorded presentation on SEAS - Scientific Exercise Approach to Scoliosis. |
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Isico Pills: a video about specific exercises Isico offers on its YouTube Channel a video format designed for expert professionals, namely, doctors and therapists.
Watch the short video about scoliosis specific exercises given by our PT Valentina Premoli, available with English subtitles, and share it with #isicopills on social networks.
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Will the prominence disappear once the brace is on?
This question, together with others linked to aesthetic concerns, is often asked by parents and by youngsters about to start wearing a brace. After all, scoliosis is characterised by variable and sometimes marked clinical signs at the level of the trunk. The scoliotic prominence, linked to the spinal rotation component of the disease, becomes evident when bending forward, but in some individuals it is also visible when standing. Changes in scoliosis have been found to be correlated with changes in prominence, although this is not to say that a given degree of change will necessarily be proportional to its worsening or improvement; that said, a modification of the prominence can usually be taken as a sign that the scoliosis has changed.
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Skiing, playing a musical instrument, dancing or even jumping in the air - is it possible when wearing a brace? Yes, it is; the hundreds of patients who participated during the past 10 years in our Concorsetto, the national ISICO competition dedicated to brace wearers, proved it.
The videos and images of these kids are the best encouragement for those preparing to follow a demanding therapy such as that for scoliosis, and who are living the fear of not being able to practice a sport or play an instrument. For our monthly appointment find out on our YouTube channel how you can harvest grapes as Elisa, 12 years old... |
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| A video commentary about results of bracing
Giulia Fregna, a physiotherapist at Isico and one of the authors of the published study Predictors of Clinically Meaningful Results of Bracing in a Large Cohort of Adolescents with Idiopathic Scoliosis Reaching the End of Conservative Treatment, highlights in a video-commentary how the systematic evaluation of in-brace correction (IBC) in clinics is useful for individuating the patient response to brace treatment more accurately...
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Are radiographs harmful? In fact, the concern about radiation from x-rays is decidedly excessive. Once, at the dawn of radiology, the equipment used was very harmful because they used very high doses of x-rays, and it took a while before the risks were understood.
Over the years, the technique has improved greatly, and today's devices are nothing like those used in past decades. Consider that in the last decade, with the transition from analogue to digital equipment, the reduction in strength of the rays used has been 15%, even 90% when using the EOS equipment. Furthermore, in order to diagnose scoliosis, it is necessary to cross-check the data from the examination with those from the x-rays.
The x-rays also provide indications about prognosis, i.e. on the future risks related to scoliosis, particularly the risk of worsening, and they are necessary to monitor the course of therapy. |
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Validation of an artificial intelligence-based method to automate Cobb angle measurement on spinal radiographs of children
with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis Jason C Wong, Marek Z Reformat, Eric C Parent, Kyle P Stampe, Sarah C Southon Hryniuk, Edmond H Lou Eur. J Phys Rehabil Med. 2023 Aug;59(4):535-542. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.23.08091-7 |
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