Patient and Parental Perception of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Before and After Surgery in Comparison with Surface and Radiographic Measurements

Abstract

Back pain incidence was higher than reported for healthy adolescents. Oswestry Disability Index was within normal adult limits. Pain varied by curve type, related to the maximum angle of trunk inclination and the maximum apical vertebral translation. After surgery, back pain and ODI were unchanged, but concerns regarding scoliosis were reduced.