functional scoliosis
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Related to functional scoliosis: structural scoliosis
functional scoliosis
Scoliosis that is caused not by actual spinal deformity but by another condition such as unequal leg lengths. The curve reduces when the other condition is ameliorated.
See also: scoliosis
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