Those grownup patients generally fall into two categories: Either they were diagnosed with scoliosis as a child or they've developed it as an adult because of degenerative changes in the spine.

"Degenerative scoliosis is a sideways curve in the spine that measures 10 degrees or greater and that develops in a grown ...

“As we have more people that age and become elderly, then adult degenerative scoliosis will absolutely be more common,” said Akhil Chhatre, director of spine rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins ...

You may be disabled by pain in your back or legs from degenerative scoliosis. This can reduce the quality of your life. If nonsurgical treatments haven’t helped you, it may be time for an operation.

In adults with scoliosis, lower back pain is also more common than upper back pain and is typically degenerative, meaning it worsens over time. In most cases, the pain is nonspecific, so doctors ...

These disks can lose height or tilt. And your spine can curve to the side --- it's called degenerative scoliosis. Back pain is often the first sign for adults. But the pain usually comes from bone ...

“The scoliosis becomes severe due to the degenerative process and becomes symptomatic at late adult age.” Meanwhile, the second form of adult scoliosis is called de novo scoliosis. This ...

Adults are at risk for developing degenerative scoliosis, which is also known as adult onset scoliosis. It is caused by degeneration of the spine as people age, and is considered completely ...

Pedicle screw instrumentation by augmentation with PMMA is thought to be more effective than with autogenous bone in degenerative lumbar scoliosis combined with osteoporosis. However, using PMMA ...