Ross A C, Edgar M A, Swann M, Ansell B M
J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1987 Mar;69(2):175-8. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.69B2.3818744.
Structural scoliosis occurs more commonly in patients with juvenile chronic arthritis than in the normal population. We have reviewed 32 patients with both juvenile arthritis and a scoliosis and suggest that structural curves may arise from postural curves associated with asymmetrical involvement of lower limb joints.