MedicineOrthopaedic SurgeryOrthopedic SurgeryNeuromuscular DisordersPediatric OrthopaedicsSpine SurgeryMuscle DisordersMuscle PathologySpinal AnatomySpinal DeformitySpinal DisordersSpine DisordersCongenital Spine DisordersDystonia SyndromesPediatric Spinal DeformityScoliosis Biomechanics
On the basis of chronaximetric, myomechanical, and histological examination of the long spinal muscles we assume that idiopathic scoliosis is due to muscle imbalance at the level of its primary curve. This dystonia of muscles may result from asymmetrical congenital, or sometimes inherited, segmental