idiopathic scoliosis, health-related quality of life, cultural adaptation, Italian Spine Youth Quality of Life Questionnaire, systematic review, meta-analysis, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, brace therapy, brace concepts, rigid brace, night time brace, ring apophysis, maturation, ossification, fusion, scoliosis, nighttime orthotic treatment, surgery, quality of life, paraspinal muscles, cross-sectional area, posterior approach, computed tomography, Italian spine youth quality of life questionnaire, SRS-22, 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, human model, neuromuscular scoliosis, radiography, MRI, curve morphology, intraspinal anomaly, body height, pulmonary function test, Cobb angle, iTRAQ, α-actin, progressive, differentially expressed proteins, bracing, physiotherapeutic scoliosis-specific exercise, physical activity, adherence, spinal appearance, shared decision-making, personalised approach, sclerostin, osteocytes, β-catenin, Wnt signaling pathway, scoliometer, truncal asymmetry, lateral spinal profile, surface topography, aetiology, spinal deformities, pathobiomechanics, follow-up study, Rett syndrome, motor skills, telerehabilitation, physical therapy modalities, home exercise program, neurodynamic functions, assessment, pain, treatment, early onset scoliosis, non-operative treatment, body posture, sports activity, corrective exercises, digital photography, Medicine and Nursing

This book contains research articles on the advances in the aetiology of idiopathic scoliosis (IS), the spinal growth related to the implementation of growth modulation for the surgical treatment of early-onset IS, the non-surgical treatment of IS using Physiotheraputic Scoliosis Specific Exercises, and braces. Additionally, it focuses on issues related to surgical treatment, issues related to body posture and the quality of life of this sensitive group of people. The high quality of published papers in this Special Issue of the JCM serve these objectives.