Scoliosis: Life, Support & Friends

Reliability and validity of the adapted Greek version of Scoliosis Research Society Authors: Petros D Antonarakos, Labrini Katranitsa, Lefteris Angelis, Aristophanis Paganas, Errikos M Koen, Evangelos A Christodoulou and Anastasios G Christodoulou Published: 16 July 2009 Background The SRS-22 is a valid instrument for the assessment of the health related quality of life of patients with Idiopathic scoliosis. The SRS-22 questionnaire was developed in USA and has been widely used in the English speaking countries. Recently it has been translated and validated in many other languages. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the reliability and validity of the adapted Greek version of the refined Scoliosis Research Society-22 Questionnaire. Methods Following the steps of cross - cultural adaptation the adapted Greek version of the SRS-22 questionnaire and a validated Greek version of the SF-36 questionnaire were mailed to 68 patients treated surgically for Idiopathic Scoliosis. 51 out of...

Today we started a cause on Facebook to help raise the awareness of Scoliosis around the globe while raising money for the Scoliosis Research Society at the same time. Please help drive our cause, share our link with your friends and spread the word, our aim is to raise $1,000 by the end of September this year. All of our readers know how Scoliosis makes us feel and wouldn't it be lovely to know where our Scoliosis came from and change us from being "unknown" to categorised with a meaning behind the disease? Thanks for your continued support with the scoliosis blog, website and support group.

Medtronic and the Scoliosis Research Society launched Spine Check - a new program designed to help promote scoliosis screenings for middle school and junior high school students. The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS), one of the world’s premier spine societies, and Medtronic are supporting the Spine Check program to help improve the overall spinal health of students. Because of a commitment to research and education in the field of spinal deformities, the organizations are working together to generate awareness of the condition, while offering resources to empower school nurses to perform screenings. Related content is also available to surgeons and other practitioners for use in facilitating community education. “In the United States, less than half of the 50 states currently legislate school screening. The purpose of school screening is to detect scoliosis at an early stage when the curve is mild and may even go unnoticed,” said Lawrence Lenke, MD, Jerome J. Gilden Endowed Professor o...