Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Natural History and Orthopaedic Treatment of Scoliosis

To study the natural history of scoliosis in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), 63 spinal radiographs of affected patients who attended the Muscle Clinic of Rizzoli Orthopaedic institute between 1974 and 1988 were reviewed. All but one of the intermediate SMA patients, and all of the mild SMA patients w