Table 4.
Evolution of indexed literature on idiopathic scoliosis treatment from the period 1970–1974 to the period 1999–2004, based on a Medline search. All the indexed literature is considered, plus the contents of the journal "Spine", whose impact factors is one of the highest in this field.
| Papers published in each period of five years | ||||||||
| 1970–74 | 1980–84 | 1999–2003 | ||||||
| First term | AND | N° | % | N° | % | N° | % | |
| Medline | "Idiopathic scoliosis" | 59 | 243 | 495 | ||||
| "Idiopathic scoliosis" | surgery | 20 | 33,9% | 65 | 26,7% | 268 | 54,1% | |
| "Idiopathic scoliosis" | "conservative treatment" OR brace OR braces OR exercise OR exercises | 19 | 32,2% | 44 | 18,1% | 94 | 19,0% | |
| Journal "Spine" (founded in 1978) | "Idiopathic scoliosis" | 40 | 198 | |||||
| "Idiopathic scoliosis" | surgery | 10 | 25,0% | 135 | 68,2% | |||
| "Idiopathic scoliosis" | "conservative treatment" OR brace OR braces OR exercise OR exercises | 9 | 22,5% | 27 | 13,6% | |||