num_pages: 256
description: There are roughly five million people in the United States being treated for scoliosis. Every year some half-million new cases are diagnosed--the great majority of them adolescent girls. Untreated, scoliosis causes increaing curvature of the spine--a progressive, debilitating condition that can leave the sufferer permanently bent over and eventually totally crippled.
language: English
title: Scoliosis: Ascending the Curve
titlecomplete: Scoliosis: Ascending the Curve
ratings_count: 7
publisher: M. Evans and Company, Inc.