Do lateral steps reveal adaptive biomechanical strategies in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis?
In scoliotic subjects, lateral stepping prompts specific dynamic behaviour affecting both limbs, in order to maintain balance during movement despite spinal deformation. This stepping task could be used in future studies to identify specific motor strategies.
In this cohort, CVD risk was related to traditional CVD risk factors and markers of thrombosis and endothelial damage, but not to high-sensitivity C-reactive protein or markers of T-cell activation such as CD38/human leukocyte antigen-DR coexpression. D-dimer may help identify HIV-infected patients at elevated CVD risk.