{"id":15938,"date":"2023-04-25T11:44:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T03:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/what-is-scoliosis\/what-are-the-types-of-scoliosis\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T16:15:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T08:15:16","slug":"what-are-the-types-of-scoliosis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/what-is-scoliosis\/what-are-the-types-of-scoliosis\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the types of scoliosis?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Congenital scoliosis<\/h2>\n\n<p>It is a vertebral malformation since birth, it is diagnosed much younger through incidental finding by x-rays of the body. The malformation involves one or more vertebrae and at any location along the spine.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Idiopathic scoliosis<\/h2>\n\n<p>This is the most common type of scoliosis with a lateral and rotational deformity of the spine, with an unknown cause. It usually occurs in childhood or adolescence. Most commonly presented between the age of 10 to 18 years and it is called the adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Non-idiopathic nature<\/h2>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Neuromuscular scoliosis<\/h2>\n\n<p>Secondary to neurological or muscular diseases, its loss of nerve control or muscular strength and control in the torso leads to lack of support of the spine (commonly from cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy)<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Syndromal scoliosis<\/h2>\n\n<p>Mesenchymal disorders or syndromes often associate with scoliosis include:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Marfan Syndrome<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Osteochondrodystrophy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neurofibromatosis type 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Degenerative scoliosis<\/h2>\n\n<p>This type of scoliosis occurs in adults, who has degeneration of intervertebral discs or osteoarthritis of the spine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congenital scoliosis It is a vertebral malformation since birth, it is diagnosed much younger through incidental finding by x-rays of the body. The malformation involves one or more vertebrae and at any location along the spine. Idiopathic scoliosis This is the most common type of scoliosis with a lateral and rotational deformity of the spine,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":15928,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15938","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15938","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=15938"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16106,"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15938\/revisions\/16106"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}