Basic Online Course
(Registration for all professions)

Introductory Training in Evidence-Based
Scoliosis & Kyphosis Treatment

Our PSSE-Schroth Basic Course is the ideal starting point for physiotherapists and all healthcare professionals who wish to gain a solid foundation in scoliosis- and kyphosis-specific exercise treatment.

Duration: 3 days

Format: Live online teaching via Zoom (or in-person options available)

Why to join this course?

This Basic Course provides the essential theoretical background and clinical framework to understand spinal deformities and their conservative management. It is the gateway to the next PSSE-Schroth training (Level 1 and Level 2), equipping you with the knowledge to begin your journey toward becoming a certified PSSE-Schroth practitioner.

 

What you will learn

  • Theoretical foundation: Epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, prognosis, and the different types of scoliosis and kyphosis.

  • Special forms of scoliosis: Congenital, neuromuscular, and syndromic scoliosis.

  • Evidence-based practice: Scientific evidence and treatment indications for scoliosis and kyphosis.

  • Clinical skills: Clinical and radiological evaluation of scoliosis and kyphosis.

  • Classification system: Introduction to PSSE-Schroth curve type classification.

  • 3D Principles of Correction: First introduction to the unique principles of correction for the PSSE-Schroth method.

Educational Units:

  • PSSE – Schroth method history
  • Innovations and new concepts of PSSE – Schroth method
  • Scientific evidence for PSSE and bracing for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis treatment
  • Guidelines and treatment indications
  • Scheuermann and Functional Kyphosis
  • Pelvic parameters and sagittal plane assessment
  • Clinical and radiological evaluation of Kyphosis
  • Definition and 3D nature of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
  • Clinical tools for Scoliosis evaluation and Questionnaires
  • Unique PSSE – Schroth Patient Evaluation Form by Nikos Karavidas
  • Radiological measurements (Cobb angle, Vertebra Rotation, Growth stage, frontal plane balance etc.)
  • Pathomechanism of progression and prognostic factors
  • Introduction to other scoliosis types (congenital, neuromuscular, syndromic etc.)
  • PSSE – Schroth classification by Nikos Karavidas
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