yes an MRI of the spine wil show if a person has scolosis. I have it a L2 with a 35% curve. Without the MRI I wouldn't have known I have it. On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 9:40 AM, PATTI ZAPF <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > does anyone know if a back mri will show scoliosis or camptocormia? > alan is scheduled for an mri on his lower back this week and we are > wondering if this will tell what he has? he only gets relief when he is > laying down on his side. > > an xray taken from the side view last week , showed an s shape to his > spine, . a view from the center back was not available. > there is a brace called spine cor that we are trying to find availability. > has anyone used this or bought it? or know how much it costs? > thank you patti cg > > > > On Jul 13, 2009, at 1:45 AM, mschild wrote: > > New research >>> SCOLIOSIS IS PREVALENT IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE >>> >> >> >> I often think 'new research' puts into writing things we have all known >> for a >> long time. >> Since PWP have a tendancy to lean on one side, they usually end up with a >> scoliosis which gets fixated with the years >> maryse >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: >> [log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn