Scoliosis in Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Abstract

The natural history and risk factors for progressive severe scoliosis were evaluated in 37 institutionalized spastic cerebral palsy patients followed at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, and at Centers in Nagano, Japan.

Keywords

• orthopaedic surgery
• spastic cerebral palsy
• surgical intervention