Course Details

Scoliosis is a three-dimensional spinal deformity associated with a greater than 10 degrees Cobb angle. This spinal deformity is encountered in adolescents and adults and has an associated prevalence ranging from 2 – 4% to 32 – 68%.

Therefore, health practitioners managing musculoskeletal conditions are expected to encounter this condition in their daily practices and should be knowledgeable regarding the current conservative guidelines of this condition.

Further, practitioners should recognise patients who will not respond to a conservative approach and need bracing or surgery. This module will provide the health provider with an understanding of this condition, its assessment and management.

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    Scoliosis - What you should know!

    • Scoliosis - What you should know!

    • Assessment: Scoliosis - What you should know!

    • Notes: Scoliosis - What you should know!

    • References: Scoliosis - What you should know!

Course Learning Outcomes

This module will provide health practitioners with an overall understanding of:

1. The development of the surgical and conservative approaches

2. The current classification and knowledge of the prevalence of scoliosis

3. The aetiological factors of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, its assessment and management

4. The most recent SOSORT guidelines

5. Adult scoliosis and how it differs from adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

6. Outcome measures
CPD Hours/Points = 1.5

Instructor

Chiropractor

Jean Théroux

• Jean Théroux graduated as a chiropractor from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 1984. • He practiced for more than 30 years in Montréal, Canada. • Jean started lecturing at the French chiropractic school in Montréal in 1995 and was appointed as a Lecturer at Murdoch University (Western Australia) in 2015. • He taught subjects in orthopaedic evaluation of upper and lower extremities and extremity adjustment. He also lectured in pre-clinical unit and has supervised students’ clinical placement at the Murdoch Chiropractic Clinic. • His research areas have included back pain and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, scoliosis questionnaire validation which were part of his PhD that he completed in 2017.