Detection

Detection method videos:

Adams Forward Bend Test:


Scoliometer Test:


Beighton Hypermobility Scale:


Cox Sign:


Risser Sign:


School screening standards:

School Spinal Screening Guidelines
Shriners Hospitals for Children, Houston, in collaboration with the Texas Department of State Health Services. 2004.

Standards for Scoliosis Screening in California Public Schools
California Department of Education. 2007.

Screening articles:

Curve Magnitude in Patients Referred for Evaluation of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Five Years' Experience From a System Without School Screening. Ohrt-Nissen, Søren et al. Spine Deformity. 2016, Volume 4 , Issue 2 , 120 - 124

  • "Conclusion: The present study confirms that in a health care system without school screening, patients with AIS referred for evaluation by GPs have larger curve sizes compared to systems with school screening."

Scoliosis detection, patient characteristics, referral patterns and treatment in the absence of a screening program in Norway.  Adobor RD, Riise RB, Sørensen R, Kibsgård TJ, Steen H, Brox JI. Scoliosis. 2012, 7: 18

  • "Conclusion: In the absence of scoliosis screening, lay persons most often detect scoliosis. Many patients presented with a mean Cobb angle approaching the upper limit for brace treatment indications. The frequency of brace treatment has been reduced and surgery is increased during the recent period without screening compared with the period in the past when screening was still conducted."