THE ROLE OF SPINAL AND ABDOMINAL MUSCLES IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF SCOLIOSIS

1 February 1962

journal article
research article
Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume

Vol. 44-B (1) , 102-105
https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.44b1.102

Abstract

It is concluded that the development of scoliosis is due to muscle imbalance, the weaker muscles being on the convex side of the curve. It is suggested that the increased electrical activity in the muscles on the convex side is secondary to the scoliosis, being part of the body's attempt to compensate for the curvature.