STANDARD OF RADIOLOGICAL SCOLIOSIS ASSESSMENT IN ZGORZELEC REHABILITATION CENTRE
Journal Title: Fizjoterapia Polska - Year 2008, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
[b]Summary.[/b] Present-day physiotherapeutic practice requires the therapist to be able to assess radiographs. University syllabuses in physiotherapy take this into account and students acquire this knowledge. However, there are a number of physiotherapy practitioners working at health care facilities who do not participate in post-graduate training but work with scoliotic children. Our aim is therefore to present a standard of functional and radiographic assessment of patients with scoliosis adopted in the Rehabilitation Centre in Zgorzelec. The radiograph is the fundamental tool of medical diagnostic imaging. A radiograph used for scoliosis assessment should show the entire spine, including the iliac ala and the femoral joints. It should be taken in the AP and lateral views, with the patient in a standing position. Radiographs complying with these requirements make it possible to determine scoliosis characteristics (type, Risser sign, Cobb angle, vertebral rotation angle, kypho-lordotic index, etc.), according to which appropriate physiotherapeutic management is chosen.Radiological work-up is essential for the assessment of scoliosis and for therapeutic management planning. It also allows an objective evaluation of the progress of rehabilitation. Moreover, radiographs can also be used to monitor the time course of scoliosis.Treating scoliosis without an obtaining x-ray images is like driving a car at night with the headlights switched off!
Authors and Affiliations
Wojciech Kufel, Bartłomiej Halat, Beata Michalak, Zbigniew Śliwiński
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