Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Scoliosis treatment using spinal manipulation and the Pettibon Weighting System™: a summary of 3 atypical presentations. | BioMed Central Chiropractic Osteopathy Case report Open Access Scoliosis treatment using spinal manipulation and the Pettibon Weighting System a summary of 3 atypical presentations Mark W Morningstar 1 and Timothy Joy2 Address 1Director of Research The Pettibon Institute 3416-A 57th St Ct NW Gig Harbor WA 98335 USA and 2Evergreen Spine Posture Correction Center 6615 6th Ave Tacoma WA 98406 USA Email Mark W Morningstar - morningstar@ TimothyJoy- tjoy980179@ Corresponding author Published 12 January 2006 Received 20 September 2005 z-i . _ _ o IZI Iift ZITJ I Accepted 12 January 2006 Chiropractic Osteopathy 2006 14 1 doi 1746-1340-14-1 This article is available from http content 14 1 1 2006 Morningstar and Joy licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Given the relative lack of treatment options for mild to moderate scoliosis when the Cobb angle measurements fall below the 25-30 range conservative manual therapies for scoliosis treatment have been increasingly investigated in recent years. In this case series we present 3 specific cases of scoliosis. Case presentation Patient presentation examination intervention and outcomes are detailed for each case. The types of scoliosis presented here are left thoracic idiopathic scoliosis after Harrington rod instrumentation and a left thoracic scoliosis secondary to Scheuermann s Kyphosis. Each case carries its own clinical significance in relation to clinical presentation. The first patient presented for chiropractic treatment with a 35 thoracic dextroscoliosis 18 years following Harrington Rod instrumentation and fusion. The second patient presented with a 22 thoracic levoscoliosis and .
