The Evidence Base for the Prognosis and Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: The 2015 Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Clinical Research Award.

The article presents a summary of the research into the natural history and treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Evidence-based practice has been defined by Straus and Sackett's as the best research evidence when combined with clinical experience. The diagnosis is made when other causes of scoliosis have been ruled out. Two to three percent of children younger than sixteen years of age will have a certain curvature.