Title page -- Preface -- Contents -- Society on Scoliosis Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment (SOSORT) -- Aetiology -- Concepts on the Pathogenesis of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Bone Growth and Mass, Vertebral Column, Spinal Cord, Brain, Skull, Extra-Spinal Left-Right Skeletal Length Asymmetries, Disproportions and Molecular Pathogenesis -- Idiopathic Scoliosis and Chaos -- Recent Trends on Scoliosis Research -- How Can We Achieve Success in Understanding the Aetiology of AIS? -- Mechanical Modulation of Spinal Growth and Progression of Adolescent Scoliosis -- School Screening as a Research Tool in Epidemiology, Natural History and Aetiology of Idiopathic Scoliosis -- Genetics -- Scoliosis and the Human Genome Project -- Prevention - School Screening -- How to Improve the Effectiveness of School Screening for Idiopathic Scoliosis -- Clinical Evaluation and Classification -- Clinical Evaluation of Scoliosis During Growth: Description and Reliability -- 3-DEMO Classification of Scoliosis: A Useful Understanding of the 3rd Dimension of the Deformity -- Inclusion Criteria -- Inclusion and Assessment Criteria for Conservative Scoliosis Treatment -- Indications for Conservative Management of Scoliosis (SOSORT Guidelines) -- Various Methods of Physiotherapy -- Specific Exercises in the Treatment of Scoliosis - Differential Indication -- Scientific Exercises Approach to Scoliosis (SEAS): Efficacy, Efficiency and Innovation -- Scoliosis Intensive Out-Patient Rehabilitation Based on Schroth Method -- Dobosiewicz Method Physiotherapy for Idiopathic Scoliosis -- Function of the Respiratory System in Patients with Idiopathic Scoliosis: Reasons for Impairment and Methods of Evaluation -- Side-Shift Exercise and Hitch Exercise -- "FITS" Concept: Functional Individual Therapy of Scoliosis -- Braces.

Brace Treatment for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis -- Biomechanical and Clinical Perspectives on Nighttime Bracing for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis -- The Cheneau Concept of Bracing - Actual Standards -- The Cheneau Concept of Bracing - Biomechanical Aspects -- Passive and Active Mechanisms of Correction of Thoracic Idiopathic Scoliosis with a Rigid Brace -- Lyon Brace -- Treatment of Early Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Using the SpineCor System -- The SPoRT (Symmetric, Patient-Oriented, Rigid, Three-Dimensional, Active) Concept for Scoliosis Bracing: Principles and Results -- The Boston Brace System Philosophy, Biomechanics, Design & Fit -- Study of the Surface After Brace Application -- Cosmetic Outcome After Conservative Treatment of Idiopathic Scoliosis with a Dynamic Derotation Brace -- Brace Treatment Outcomes -- End-Growth Results of Bracing and Exercises for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Prospective Worst-Case Analysis -- Quality of Life After Conservative Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis -- Author Index.