Reducing Your Risk of Scoliosis

by Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt, MD

En Español (Spanish Version)

Because the cause of scoliosis is unknown in the majority of cases, there are currently no known ways to reduce the risk of scoliosis.

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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons website. Available at: http://www.aaos.org/ .

Campbell’s Operative Orthopaedics . 10th ed. Mosby; 2003.

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases website. Available at: http://www.niams.nih.gov/ .

Scoliosis Research Society website. Available at: http://www.srs.org/ .

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Last reviewed September 2012 by Kari Kassir, MD
Last Updated: 09/28/2012

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