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Contrais: Conservative Treatment For Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Randomised Controlled Trial, Allan Abbott, Hans Moller, Paul Gerdhem
Contrais: Conservative Treatment For Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Randomised Controlled Trial, Allan Abbott, Hans Moller, Paul Gerdhem
Allan D. Abbott
Background: Idiopathic scoliosis is a three-dimensional structural deformity of the spine that occurs in children and adolescents. Recent reviews on bracing and exercise treatment have provided some evidence for effect of these interventions. The purpose of this study is to improve the evidence base regarding the effectiveness of conservative treatments for preventing curve progression in idiopathic scoliosis. Methods/design: Patients: Previously untreated girls and boys with idiopathic scoliosis, 9 to 17 years of age with at least one year of remaining growth and a curve Cobb angle of 25–40 degrees will be included. A total of 135 participants will be randomly …
The Coping Strategy Questionnaire, Allan Abbott
The Coping Strategy Questionnaire, Allan Abbott
Allan D. Abbott
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General description: The coping strategy questionnaire (CSQ), (Rosenstiel & Keefe 1983) in its original version consists of 50 items assessing patient self rated use of cognitive and behavioural strategies to cope with pain. It comprises six subscales for cognitive strategies (ignoring pain, reinterpretation of pain, diverting attention, coping self statements, catastrophising, praying/hoping) and two subscales for behavioural strategies (increasing activity levels and increasing pain behaviours). Each coping strategy subscale consists of six items measured with a numerical rating scale ranging from 0 (never do that) to 6 (always do that) indicating how frequently the strategy is used to cope …