The US Preventive Services Task Force has published it’s draft research plan on Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic #Scoliosis (AIS). To comment on the USPSTF draft plan please click here.
Draft: Proposed Key Questions to Be Systematically Reviewed
Draft: Proposed Research Approach
The proposed Research Approach identifies the study characteristics and criteria that the Evidence-based Practice Center will use to search for publications and to determine whether identified studies should be included or excluded from the Evidence Review. Criteria are overarching as well as specific to each of the key questions (KQs).
KQs 3, 6: Persons with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis diagnosed at ages 10 to 18 years with a Cobb angle of 10° to 50° detected through screening
KQ 4: Persons with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis diagnosed at ages 10 to 18 years with a Cobb angle of 10° to 50°
KQ 2: Studies with a reference standard
KQs 3, 6: Observation, usual care
KQs 3, 6: Comparative effectiveness studies
KQ 6: Any treatment harms, including but not limited to: psychosocial harms, physiological harms, functioning, or pain
KQs 5, 6: Randomized, controlled trials; controlled trials; cohort studies; case series
KQs 1–4: Case series, cost-effectiveness studies, qualitative study designs