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Scoliosis in Duchenne muscular dystrophy children is fully reducible in the initial stage, and becomes structural over time.

Young-Ah ChoiHyung-Ik ShinHyun Iee Shin
Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2019)
There is a period of fully reducible curve in DMD patients at the initial stage of scoliosis. Afterward, as spinal curve progresses, flexibility decreases over time. To detect the scoliosis when the curve is fully reducible, scoliosis curve in DMD patients should be evaluated dynamically, including radiographs of at least in two different positions.
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