Medical Hypotheses
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 203-206, February 2000

The ‘rotational preconstraint’

  • Z. Csernátony

      Affiliations

    • Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Institute of Orthopaedics, Stanmore, Middlesex, UK
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  • K. Szepesi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, University Medical School of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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  • L. Gáspár

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, University Medical School of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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  • Zs. Dezsö

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, University Medical School of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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  • Z. Jónás

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, University Medical School of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

Received 26 August 1998; accepted 9 December 1998.

Abstract 

This model provides a novel view of the etiology of some scolioses and can answer some of the biomechanical questions regarding pathogenesis of dorsal curves. According to our findings, paravertebral muscular imbalance is likely to favour such a pathological condition which, with the interference of the postural reflexes and the body weight-related vertical loading, might lead to the formation of a true scoliotic curve.

Review of earlier research studies in the light of our findings reveals controversy in some authors’ reported results and their own interpretations and seems to generally support our theory.

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PII: S0306-9877(99)90019-1

doi:10.1054/mehy.1999.0019

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 203-206, February 2000

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