Table 2.
Excluded publications
| No. | Excluded publications |
| 1 | Buchan JG, Alvarado DM, Haller GE, Cruchaga C, Harms MB, Zhang T, Willing MC, Grange DK, Braverman AC, Miller NH, Morcuende JA, Tang NL, Lam TP, Ng BK, Cheng JC, Dobbs MB, Gurnett CA. Rare variants in FBN1 and FBN2 are associated with severe adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Hum Mol Genet 2014; 23: 5271-5282 |
| 2 | Danielsson AJ, Nachemson AL. Radiologic findings and curve progression 22 years after treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: comparison of brace and surgical treatment with matching control group of straight individuals. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2001; 26: 516-525 |
| 3 | Grauers A, Danielsson A, Karlsson M, Gerdhem P: Familial heredity of idiopathic scoliosis unrelated to age at diagnosis and prognosis. Eur Spine J 2012; 21: S314 |
| 4 | Inoue M, Minami S, Nakata Y, Kitahara H, Otsuka Y, Isobe K, Takaso M, Tokunaga M, Nishikawa S, Maruta T, Moriya H. Association between estrogen receptor gene polymorphisms and curve severity of idiopathic scoliosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2002; 27: 2357-2362 |
| 5 | Lonstein JE, Carlson JM. The prediction of curve progression in untreated idiopathic scoliosis during growth. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1984; 66: 1061-1071 |
| 6 | Lowe TG, Burwell RG, Dangerfield PH. Platelet calmodulin levels in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS): can they predict curve progression and severity? Summary of an electronic focus group debate of the IBSE. Eur Spine J 2004; 13: 257-265 |
| 7 | Machida M, Dubousset J, Yamada T, Kimura J. Serum melatonin levels in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis prediction and prevention for curve progression--a prospective study. J Pineal Res 2009; 46: 344-348 |
| 8 | Miyake A, Kou I, Takahashi Y, Johnson TA, Ogura Y, Dai J, Qiu X, Takahashi A, Jiang H, Yan H, Kono K, Kawakami N, Uno K, Ito M, Minami S, Yanagida H, Taneichi H, Hosono N, Tsuji T, Suzuki T, Sudo H, Kotani T, Yonezawa I, Kubo M, Tsunoda T, Watanabe K, Chiba K, Toyama Y, Qiu Y, Matsumoto M, Ikegawa S. Identification of a susceptibility locus for severe adolescent idiopathic scoliosis on chromosome 17q24.3. PLoS One 2013; 8: e72802 |
| 9 | Nault ML, Mac-Thiong JM, Roy-Beaudry M, deGuise J, Labelle H, Parent S. Three-dimensional spine parameters can differentiate between progressive and nonprogressive patients with AIS at the initial visit: a retrospective analysis. J Pediatr Orthop 2013; 33: 618-623 |
| 10 | Nault ML, Mac-Thiong JM, Roy-Beaudry M, Turgeon I, de Guise J, Labelle H, Parent S: Three-Dimensional Spinal Morphology can Differentiate Between Progressive and Non-Progressive Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis at the Initial Presentation. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2014 |
| 11 | Ogilvie JW. Update on prognostic genetic testing in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). J Pediatr Orthop 2011; 31: S46-S48 |
| 12 | Ogura Y, Takahashi Y, Kou I, Nakajima M, Kono K, Kawakami N, Uno K, Ito M, Minami S, Yanagida H, Taneichi H, Yonezawa I, Tsuji T, Suzuki T, Sudo H, Kotani T, Watanabe K, Chiba K, Toyama Y, Matsumoto M, Ikegawa S. A replication study for association of 5 single nucleotide polymorphisms with curve progression of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in Japanese patients. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2013; 38: 571-575 |
| 13 | Ogura Y, Takahashi Y, Kou I, Nakajima M, Kono K, Kawakami N, Uno K, Ito M, Minami S, Yanagida H, Taneichi H, Yonezawa I, Tsuji T, Suzuki T, Sudo H, Kotani T, Watanabe K, Chiba K, Toyama Y, Matsumoto M, Ikegawa S. A replication study for association of 53 single nucleotide polymorphisms in a scoliosis prognostic test with progression of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in Japanese. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2013; 38: 1375-1379 |
| 14 | Patten SA, Moldovan F. Could genetic determinants of inner ear anomalies be a factor for the development of idiopathic scoliosis? Med Hypotheses 2011; 76: 438-440 |
| 15 | Peng Y, Liang G, Pei Y, Ye W, Liang A, Su P. Genomic polymorphisms of G-protein estrogen receptor 1 are associated with severity of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Int Orthop 2012; 36: 671-677 |
| 16 | Qiu XS, Tang NL, Yeung HY, Lee KM, Hung VW, Ng BK, Ma SL, Kwok RH, Qin L, Qiu Y, Cheng JC. Melatonin receptor 1B (MTNR1B) gene polymorphism is associated with the occurrence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2007; 32: 1748-1753 |
| 17 | Qiu XS, Tang NL, Yeung HY, Qiu Y, Cheng JC. Genetic association study of growth hormone receptor and idiopathic scoliosis. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2007; 462: 53-58 |
| 18 | Roye BD, Wright ML, Williams BA, Matsumoto H, Corona J, Hyman JE, Roye DP, Vitale MG. Does ScoliScore provide more information than traditional clinical estimates of curve progression? Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2012; 37: 2099-2103 |
| 19 | Sanders JO, Khoury JG, Kishan S, Browne RH, Mooney JF, Arnold KD, McConnell SJ, Bauman JA, Finegold DN. Predicting scoliosis progression from skeletal maturity: a simplified classification during adolescence. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2008; 90: 540-553 |
| 20 | Soucacos PN, Zacharis K, Gelalis J, Soultanis K, Kalos N, Beris A, Xenakis T, Johnson EO. Assessment of curve progression in idiopathic scoliosis. Eur Spine J 1998; 7: 270-277 |
| 21 | Soucacos PN, Zacharis K, Soultanis K, Gelalis J, Xenakis T, Beris AE. Risk factors for idiopathic scoliosis: review of a 6-year prospective study. Orthopedics 2000; 23: 833-838 |
| 22 | Stokes IA, Aronsson DD. Disc and vertebral wedging in patients with progressive scoliosis. J Spinal Disord 2001; 14: 317-322 |
| 23 | Sun X, Qiu Y, Zhu Z, Zhu F, Wang B, Yu Y, Qian B. Variations of the position of the cerebellar tonsil in idiopathic scoliotic adolescents with a cobb angle & gt; 40 degrees: a magnetic resonance imaging study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2007; 32: 1680-1686 |
| 24 | Sun X, Zhu ZZ, Qiu Y, Wang B, Li WG, Zhu F, Yu Y, Qian BP, Ma WW. [The role of initial bone mineral status in predicting the early outcome of brace treatment in girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis]. Zhonghua Waike Zazhi 2008; 46: 1066-1069 |
| 25 | Takahashi Y, Kou I, Takahashi A, Johnson TA, Kono K, Kawakami N, Uno K, Ito M, Minami S, Yanagida H, Taneichi H, Tsuji T, Suzuki T, Sudo H, Kotani T, Watanabe K, Chiba K, Hosono N, Kamatani N, Tsunoda T, Toyama Y, Kubo M, Matsumoto M, Ikegawa S. A genome-wide association study identifies common variants near LBX1 associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Nat Genet 2011; 43: 1237-1240 |
| 26 | Takahashi Y, Matsumoto M, Karasugi T, Watanabe K, Chiba K, Kawakami N, Tsuji T, Uno K, Suzuki T, Ito M, Sudo H, Minami S, Kotani T, Kono K, Yanagida H, Taneichi H, Takahashi A, Toyama Y, Ikegawa S. Lack of association between adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and previously reported single nucleotide polymorphisms in MATN1, MTNR1B, TPH1, and IGF1 in a Japanese population. J Orthop Res 2011; 29: 1055-1058 |
| 27 | Takahashi Y, Matsumoto M, Karasugi T, Watanabe K, Chiba K, Kawakami N, Tsuji T, Uno K, Suzuki T, Ito M, Sudo H, Minami S, Kotani T, Kono K, Yanagida H, Taneichi H, Takahashi A, Toyama Y, Ikegawa S. Replication study of the association between adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and two estrogen receptor genes. J Orthop Res 2011; 29: 834-837 |
| 28 | Tang NL, Yeung HY, Hung VW, Di Liao C, Lam TP, Yeung HM, Lee KM, Ng BK, Cheng JC. Genetic epidemiology and heritability of AIS: A study of 415 Chinese female patients. J Orthop Res 2012; 30: 1464-1469 |
| 29 | Vijvermans V, Fabry G, Nijs J. Factors determining the final outcome of treatment of idiopathic scoliosis with the Boston brace: a longitudinal study. J Pediatr Orthop B 2004; 13: 143-149 |
| 30 | Wiley JW, Thomson JD, Mitchell TM, Smith BG, Banta JV. Effectiveness of the boston brace in treatment of large curves in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2000; 25: 2326-2332 |
| 31 | Wise CA, Gao X, Shoemaker S, Gordon D, Herring JA. Understanding genetic factors in idiopathic scoliosis, a complex disease of childhood. Curr Genomics 2008; 9: 51-59 |
| 32 | Wu H, Ronsky JL, Cheriet F, Harder J, Küpper JC, Zernicke RF. Time series spinal radiographs as prognostic factors for scoliosis and progression of spinal deformities. Eur Spine J 2011; 20: 112-117 |
| 33 | Yamauchi Y, Yamaguchi T, Asaka Y. Prediction of curve progression in idiopathic scoliosis based on initial roentgenograms. A proposal of an equation. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 1988; 13: 1258-1261 |
| 34 | Yang T, Jia Q, Guo H, Xu J, Bai Y, Yang K, Luo F, Zhang Z, Hou T. Epidemiological survey of idiopathic scoliosis and sequence alignment analysis of multiple candidate genes. Int Orthop 2012; 36: 1307-1314 |
| 35 | Yang T, Xu JZ, Jia QZ, Guo H, Luo F, Ye Q, Bai Y. [Comparative analysis of sequence alignment of SH3GL1 gene as a disease candidate gene of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis]. Zhonghua Waike Zazhi 2010; 48: 435-438 |
| 36 | Yang Y, Wu Z, Zhao T, Wang H, Zhao D, Zhang J, Wang Y, Ding Y, Qiu G. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and the single-nucleotide polymorphism of the growth hormone receptor and IGF-1 genes. Orthopedics 2009; 32: 411 |
| 37 | Ylikoski M. Spinal growth and progression of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Eur Spine J 1993; 1: 236-239 |
| 38 | Ylikoski M. Growth and progression of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in girls. J Pediatr Orthop B 2005; 14: 320-324 |
| 39 | Yu Ws, Chan Ky, Yu FWP, Yeung Hy, Ng BKW, Lee Km, Lam Tp, Cheng JCY: Abnormal bone quality versus low bone mineral density in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a case-control study with in vivo high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography. Spine Journal 2013 |
| 40 | Zhang HQ, Lu SJ, Tang MX, Chen LQ, Liu SH, Guo CF, Wang XY, Chen J, Xie L. Association of estrogen receptor beta gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2009; 34: 760-764 |
| 41 | Zhao D, Qiu GX, Wang YP, Zhang JG, Shen JX, Wu ZH, Wang H. Association of calmodulin1 gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Orthop Surg 2009; 1: 58-65 |