Open AccessTrends in Incidence of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Modern US Population-based Study
Author(s) -
J. Joshua Thomas,
Anthony A. Stans,
Todd A. Milbrandt,
Hilal Maradit Kremers,
William J. Shaughnessy,
A. Noelle Larson
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pediatric orthopaedics/journal of pediatric orthopedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.318
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1539-2570
pISSN - 0271-6798
DOI - 10.1097/bpo.0000000000001808
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , population , poisson regression , confidence interval , pediatrics , cobb angle , cumulative incidence , rochester epidemiology project , cohort , discontinuation , demography , scoliosis , surgery , population based study , physics , environmental health , sociology , optics
A successful disease screening strategy requires a high incidence of the condition, efficacy of early treatment, and efficient detection. There is limited population-based data describing trends in incidence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) in the United States and potential role of school screening programs on the incidence of AIS. Thus, we sought to evaluate the incidence of AIS over a 20-year period between 1994 and 2013 using a population-based cohort.