{"id":15928,"date":"2023-04-23T11:19:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T03:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/what-is-scoliosis\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T16:14:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T08:14:36","slug":"what-is-scoliosis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/what-is-scoliosis\/","title":{"rendered":"What is scoliosis?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iStock-1095336998-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iStock-1095336998-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iStock-1095336998-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iStock-1095336998-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iStock-1095336998-1536x922.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iStock-1095336998-2048x1229.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Scoliosis is a side-way spinal curvature usually in a \u2018S\u2019 shape or a \u2018C\u2019 shape, with a curve size of 10 degrees or more. The curved spine involves a 3-dimensional rotation of the vertebrae. Thoracic and lumbar spines are commonly affected. Most of these spinal curvatures have an unknown origin.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scoliosis is a side-way spinal curvature usually in a \u2018S\u2019 shape or a \u2018C\u2019 shape, with a curve size of 10 degrees or more. The curved spine involves a 3-dimensional rotation of the vertebrae. Thoracic and lumbar spines are commonly affected. Most of these spinal curvatures have an unknown origin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15928","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15928"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16103,"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15928\/revisions\/16103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}