Return to Activity and Sports Following Posterior Correction and Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

BACKGROUND: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is largely asymptomatic preoperatively. Sport offers physical benefits and psychosocial wellbeing to developing individuals. Scoliosis is not a contraindication to participating in sport. Literature would suggest that patients with AIS who exercise regularly have less psychosocial or body image disturbance. There are no agreed guidelines for patients to return to sports following surgery for AIS. Fear of litigation in a medicolegal culture can lead to an overcautious approach.

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