Italian guidelines on rehabilitation treatment of adolescents with scoliosis or other spinal deformities

As mandated by the Italian Ministry of Health, the Italian Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Società Italiana Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione, SIMFER) appointed a Commission composed of SIMFER members to draw up guidelines for the rehabilitation treatment of adolescents with spinal deformities. Other medical organizations contributing to the redaction of the final guidelines version were the Italian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology (Società Italiana di Ortopedia e Traumato¬logia, SIOT), the Italian Society of Traumatology and Pediatric Orthopedics (Società Italiana di Traumato¬logia e Ortopedia Pediatrica, SITOP), the Italian Study Group on Scoliosis and Spinal Diseases (Gruppo Italiano di studio della Scoliosi e delle patologie ver¬tebrali, GIS), the Study Group on Scoliosis and Spinal Diseases (Gruppo di Studio della Scoliosi e delle patologie vertebrali, GSS), which collaborated through society members nominated by the organizations'executive boards. The final document was also approved by the Italian Federation of Orthotics (Federazione Italiana Operatori nella Tecnica Ortopedica, PIOTO), the Italian Federation of Sports Medicine (Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana, FMSI), the Italian Society of Medical Gymnastics, Physical Medicine, Physical Education and Rehabilitation (Società Italiana di Ginnastica Medica, Medicina Fisica, Scienze Motorie e Riabilitative, SIGM), the Italian Society of General Medicine (Società Italiana di Medicina Generale, SIMG), the Italian Society of Radiology (Società Italiana di Radiologia Medica, SIRM) and the National Union of Kinesiologists (Unione Nazionale Chinesiologi, UNC).