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There have been several epidemiologic studies showing that scoliosis is most common in the elderly over 50 years of age [1,2]. Vanderpool et al. reported that scoliotic curves in the elderly were due to osteoporosis or osteomalacia [3], but Robin found no direct correlation between the presence or progression of scoliosis and osteoporosis [2].
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Moon, MS., Lee, KS., Lim, CI., Kim, YB., Lee, HS. (1993). A Clinical Study of Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis. In: Yonenobu, K., Ono, K., Takemitsu, Y. (eds) Lumbar Fusion and Stabilization. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68234-9_13
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