Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und ihre Grenzgebiete
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Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb · May 1997
[Spatial orientation and postural regulation in patients with idiopathic scoliosis].
Etiology of idiopathic scoliosis is unknown. In literature a primarily neurogenic disturbance of postural regulation is discussed with subsequent changes of the spine. In the present paper, individual functions of postural regulation in patients with idiopathic scoliosis were examined by neurophysiologic investigations and compared to a normal population. ⋯ It has not to be considered as probable that idiopathic scoliosis is caused by a disturbance of postural regulation.