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Classification systems for adolescent and adult scoliosis.

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Smith, JS; Shaffrey, CI; Kuntz, C; Mummaneni, PV
Published in: Neurosurgery
September 2008

OBJECTIVE: To review current classification systems for adolescent and adult scoliosis. METHODS: The literature was reviewed in reference to scoliosis classification systems for adolescent and adult scoliosis. RESULTS: There are multiple classification systems for scoliosis. Classification of scoliosis is dependent on patient age, spinal abnormality, scoliotic curve, and global spinal alignment. To date, classification systems have focused predominantly on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis or adult/degenerative scoliosis; a single classification system evaluating scoliotic deformities of different ages and spinal abnormalities has not been identified. CONCLUSION: The importance of scoliosis classification schemes lies in their ability to standardize communication among health care providers. With regard to the classification of adolescent scoliosis, the Lenke system has addressed many of the significant limitations of the King system and is now the standard classification scheme. Classification schemes for adult scoliosis have been reported only recently, and each offers specific advantages (the simple pathogenesis-based system of Aebi, the strong clinical relevance of the Schwab system, and the richly descriptive Scoliosis Research Society system). This article highlights the salient features of currently used scoliosis classification systems.

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Neurosurgery

DOI

EISSN

1524-4040

Publication Date

September 2008

Volume

63

Issue

3 Suppl

Start / End Page

16 / 24

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Scoliosis
  • Radiography
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Humans
  • Age Factors
  • Adult
  • Adolescent
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Smith, J. S., Shaffrey, C. I., Kuntz, C., & Mummaneni, P. V. (2008). Classification systems for adolescent and adult scoliosis. Neurosurgery, 63(3 Suppl), 16–24. https://doi.org/10.1227/01.NEU.0000320447.61835.EA
Smith, Justin S., Christopher I. Shaffrey, Charles Kuntz, and Praveen V. Mummaneni. “Classification systems for adolescent and adult scoliosis.Neurosurgery 63, no. 3 Suppl (September 2008): 16–24. https://doi.org/10.1227/01.NEU.0000320447.61835.EA.
Smith JS, Shaffrey CI, Kuntz C, Mummaneni PV. Classification systems for adolescent and adult scoliosis. Neurosurgery. 2008 Sep;63(3 Suppl):16–24.
Smith, Justin S., et al. “Classification systems for adolescent and adult scoliosis.Neurosurgery, vol. 63, no. 3 Suppl, Sept. 2008, pp. 16–24. Pubmed, doi:10.1227/01.NEU.0000320447.61835.EA.
Smith JS, Shaffrey CI, Kuntz C, Mummaneni PV. Classification systems for adolescent and adult scoliosis. Neurosurgery. 2008 Sep;63(3 Suppl):16–24.
Journal cover image

Published In

Neurosurgery

DOI

EISSN

1524-4040

Publication Date

September 2008

Volume

63

Issue

3 Suppl

Start / End Page

16 / 24

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Scoliosis
  • Radiography
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Humans
  • Age Factors
  • Adult
  • Adolescent
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 3202 Clinical sciences