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Letter to the Editor concerning: “Active self-correction and task-oriented exercises reduce spinal deformity and improve quality of life in subjects with mild adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Results of a randomised controlled trial” by Monticone M, Ambrosini E, Cazzaniga D, Rocca B, Ferrante S (2014). Eur Spine J; DOI:10.1007/s00586-014-3241-y

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy

    Stefano Negrini

  2. IRCCS Don Gnocchi Milan, Milan, Italy

    Stefano Negrini

  3. Teesside University, Research Institute of Health and Social Care, Middlesbrough, UK

    Josette Bettany-Saltikov

  4. Clinique du Parc, Lyon, France

    Jean Claude De Mauroy

  5. Department of Rehabilitation, School of Health Sciences, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

    Jacek Durmala

  6. Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, “Tzaneio” General Hospital of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece

    Theodoros B. Grivas

  7. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA

    Patrick Knott

  8. Spine Disorders Unit, Department of Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland

    Tomasz Kotwicki

  9. Saitama Medical Unversity, Saitama, Japan

    Toru Maruyama

  10. National Scoliosis Foundation, Boston, USA

    Joseph P. O’Brien

  11. Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada

    Eric Parent

  12. Institut Elena Salvá., Barcelona, Spain

    Manuel Rigo & Monica Villagrasa

  13. ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute), Milan, Italy

    Michele Romano & Fabio Zaina

  14. Scoliosis Solutions, LLC, Fairfax, VA, USA

    Luke Stikeleather

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From the international Society on Scoliosis Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Treatment (SOSORT): SOSORT Executive Committee: J. Bettany-Saltikov, J. C. De Mauroy, J. Durmala, T. B. Grivas, P. Knott, J. P. O’Brien, M. Romano, L. Stikeleather, F. Zaina; SOSORT Advisory Board: S. Negrini, T. Kotwicki, M. Rigo, T. Maruyama; SOSORT exercises papers authors: S. Negrini, J. Bettany-Saltikov, E. Parent, M. Romano, M. Villagrasa.

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Negrini, S., Bettany-Saltikov, J., De Mauroy, J.C. et al. Letter to the Editor concerning: “Active self-correction and task-oriented exercises reduce spinal deformity and improve quality of life in subjects with mild adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Results of a randomised controlled trial” by Monticone M, Ambrosini E, Cazzaniga D, Rocca B, Ferrante S (2014). Eur Spine J; DOI:10.1007/s00586-014-3241-y. Eur Spine J 23, 2218–2220 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-014-3464-y

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