10th International Conference
The 10th International SOSORT meeting was held at the Sofitel Hotel on Chestnut Street in the Chicago Loop. The scientific meeting saw 152 attendees who benefitted from 67 abstract presentations, 10 posters, and 3 keynote speakers. Almost 50 participants attended the pre-conference course chaired by Cindy Marti, PT. Forty attendees participated in the post-meeting research course, chaired by Josette Bettany-Saltikov, PT.
Abstracts
Organizing Committee
Local Host – Patrick Knott
Membership: Fabio Zaina, MD
Finance: Fabio Zaina, MD
Website: JC DeMauroy
Newsletter: Fabio Zaina, MD
Education: Josette Bettany-Saltikov, PT
Advisory Board: Tomasz Kotwicki, MD, PhD
Consensus: Stefano Negrini, MD
Research: Tomasz Kotwicki, MD, PhD
SOSORT/ SRS Course: Joe O’Brien and Theo Grivas
Elections: Stefano Negrini
Awards
SOSORT Awards
A Review of the Impact and Outcomes of the 2004 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Against Scoliosis Screening
Joe O’Brien, Joanna Chowanska
Brace Treatment in Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis: A prospective study with outcomes in agreement with SRS committee on bracing and nonoperative management standardization criteria
Angelo Aulisa, Vincenzo Guzzanti, Francesco Falciglia, Emanuele Marzetti, Marco Peruzzi, Lorenzo Aulisa
Special Recognition for Excellence
The effects of a six-month Schroth intervention for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis:Â A preliminary analysis of an ongoing randomized controlled trial
Sanja Schreiber, Eric Parent, Douglas Hedden, Marc Moreau, Douglas Hill, Elise Watkins
 Prospective Study of 393 adolescent thoracic hyperkyphosis treated by the Lyon method
JC deMauroy, Fort Didier