Results showed patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis who were released to unrestricted activity at 4 to 8 weeks after posterior spinal fusion had high return to sport rates with a rapid return to baseline performance levels.
In a single-center, prospective study, Tyler Tetreault, MD, and colleagues from Children’s Hospital Colorado analyzed 26 patients (mean age of 14.8 years) who underwent posterior spinal fusion (PSF) surgery for treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) between April 1, 2018, and Sept. 30, 2019. Among the patients, 61.5% (n = 16) participated in a