Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Advances and new Perspectives

Scoliosis, the most common spinal malformation in children and adolescents, affects approximately 2% of these populations worldwide. While its treatment has remained unchanged for decades, unfortunately, there is still no cure available. Clinicians typically rely on physical therapy, orthotic braces, and exercise to reduce the spinal curves and prevent further malformation development, but these approaches don't always yield successful results. It is imperative to gather new knowledge to update our strategies and explore alternatives to invasive spinal surgeries.

Scoliosis remains a challenging condition that calls for exploration into new research fields. The current treatments available for scoliosis have demonstrated limited effectiveness, highlighting the urgent need to improve prevention and clinical approaches. Various traces of different causes have been observed in this regard, including gene expression, vestibular alterations, temporomandibular disorders, structural neurological alterations, and musculoskeletal development, among others. It is crucial that we make efforts to develop a deeper understanding of this condition in order to minimize the physical and mental consequences experienced by children and adolescents affected by this spinal malformation.

This Research Topic welcomes articles exploring radiological findings in scoliosis, the etiology of idiopathic scoliosis, prevention strategies for scoliosis, treatment options for idiopathic scoliosis, idiopathic scoliosis in children, idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents, and the surgical intervention for scoliosis.