History
This Greek physician first described the abnormal spinal curvature.
Who is Hippocrates?
What is the Adam's Forward Bend Test?
This is a type of treatment for moderate scoliosis
What the PT, bracing, or Schroth therapy?
This olympic runner had scoliosis
Who is Usain Bolt?
This amount of the world's population has Idiopathic Scoliosis
What is 2%?
This will be seen in a Adam's Forward Bend Test in a patient with scoliosis
What is lateral bending, spinal rotation, or rib hump?
This is one the surgeries done for severe scoliosis
What is spinal fusion, Expanding rod, or vertebral body tethering?
This lead singer of Nirvana had scoliosis
Who is Kurt Cobain?
This is how much more common scoliosis is in girls than in boys
what is 8 times more likely?
This is a test that is done after a preliminary scoliosis diagnosis
What is a scoliometer test?
This is a surgery connecting two or more bones in any part of the spine
What is spinal fusion?
This famous vampire slayer had scoliosis
Who is Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Sarah Michelle Gellar?
This is the most common type of scoliosis
What the Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS)?
This is the x-ray test done after a preliminary scoliosis diagnosis
What is the Cobb Test?
This is the surgery where there are only screws placed in the spine at the top and the bottom of the rod and not in between
What is growing rod surgery?
This well known French-born American cellist had scoliosis
This is one of the other types of scoliosis
What is Congenital or Neuromuscular?
This is the intersection of the tangent lines of the Cobb Test
What is the angle of curvature?
This surgery attaches metal anchors to the vertebrae on the side of the spine that curves outward.
What is Vertebral Body Tethering?
This famous exorcist actress developed scoliosis after a mechanism malfunction on set leaving her with a spinal fracture.
Who is Linda Blair?