CONTRACTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SCOLIOSIS

The causes of idiopathic scoliosis are unknown according to references. This fact does not allow treating this vertebrocostal deformation efficiently. Conducted search and author’s experience allowed determining causes and pathogenesis of scoliosis, present them as a certain system explaining this pathology, and suggest correction methods of spine. Connective tissue inefficiency (statical, age-dependent and genetically caused) plays the main role among the causative factors. Releaser of deformation is movement pattern abnormality (non-coordinated movements, functional and muscular asymmetry). The author explains the prevalence of S-shaped scoliosis due to the different influence of postural muscles on spine in thoractic segment and lumbar spine and development is caused by anaxial leverage in-fluence of ribs on spine, which occurs at its rotation and determines the character of vertebrae torsion. Correction method created on the basis of described new data on scoliosis, having good results is described.