Back Pain in AIS · Comprehensive Review

Back Pain in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

A Comprehensive Review

This review helps make clear that AIS patients can have back pain or low back pain, but pain cannot be simply equated with “the scoliosis must have become severe,” nor completely ignored; the correct approach is to combine the pain's nature, duration, neurological symptoms, Cobb angle, growth stage, follow-up change, and the doctor's assessment to distinguish common discomfort, quality-of-life issues, and red-flag signals that need further examination.

This page is a plain-words guide to a published paper — for health education and doctor–patient communication only, not a diagnosis or treatment advice. If you think you might have scoliosis, see an orthopedic or spine specialist.