Digital photograph Zaina Fabio
Full name Fabio Zaina
Profession MD Specialist in Physical and rehabilitation Medecine
Actual professional positions Specialist at Italian Scientific Spine Institute- ISICO- with clinical and research activity
2006-today Active Member of the international Society On Spinal Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment (SOSORT)
2006 Founder and Treasurer of the international Society On Spinal Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment (SOSORT), former Study group On Spinal Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment
2006-today member of the Gruppo di Studio della Scoliosi e patologie vertebrali (GSS)
Short biographical notes (300 words) 2002 Degree in Medicine
2006 Specialty cum laude in Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine
Since 2006 Medical Doctor in ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute) in Milan
Since 2007 Teacher fellow in "Physical Medicine and Physiotetherapy", Corso di Laurea in Motor Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan
Since 2007 Scientific Secretary of the indexed (Index Medicus/PubMed-Medline) journal "European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine" (fomer "Europa Medicophysica").
Since 2008 Chair of the Membership Committee of the international Society On Spinal Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment (SOSORT)
Since 2006 Member of the Scientific Secretary Board of the Italian Study Group on Scoliosis and spinal diseases (GSS)
Award received (Year, title of the scientific work, awarding institution) Europa Medicophysica Special Mention 2007: "Rehabilitation evaluation of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: development of a full set of new instruments and evaluation of their reliability" F. Zaina, S. Negrini, M. Romano.
Europa Medicophysica-SIMFER 2007 Award Winner: "Rehabilitation of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: results of exercises and bracing according to a series of clinical studies" Negrini S, Atanasio, Zaina F, Romano M.
SOSORT AWARD Winner 2008, for the best research paper presented at SOSORT Annual Meeting in 2008 in ATHENS. "Exercises during brace weaning can reduce loss of correction in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) patients" Zaina F, Negrini S, Atanasio S, Fusco C, Romano M, Negrini A. (published in Scoliosis. 2009;4:8)
SOSORT AWARD Winner 2009 for the best research paper presented at SOSORT Annual Meeting in 2009 in Lyon. "Efficacy of conservative treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: end-growth results respecting SRS and SOSORT criteria". Negrini S., Atanasio S., Fusco C., Zaina F. (published in Scoliosis. 2009;4:19).
Medline published papers (number) 41
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5 most important Medline papers (copy and paste reference from Medline)

Negrini S, Negrini F, Fusco C, Zaina F. Idiopathic scoliosis patients with curves more than 45 Cobb degrees refusing surgery can be effectively treated through bracing with curve improvements. Spine J. 2011 May;11(5):369-80.

Zaina F, Negrini S, Atanasio S, Fusco C, Romano M, Negrini A Specific exercises performed in the period of brace weaning can avoid loss of correction in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) patients: Winner of SOSORT's 2008 Award for Best Clinical Paper. Scoliosis. 2009 Apr 7;4:8.

Negrini S, Atanasio S, Fusco C, Zaina F. Effectiveness of complete conservative treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (bracing and exercises) based on SOSORT management criteria: results according to the SRS criteria for bracing studies - SOSORT Award 2009 Winner. Scoliosis. 2009 Sep 4;4:19.

Negrini S, Minozzi S, Bettany-Saltikov J, Zaina F, Chockalingam N, Grivas TB, Kotwicki T, Maruyama T, Romano M, Vasiliadis ES. Braces for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Jan 20;(1):CD006850. Review.

Negrini S, Zaina F, Romano M, Negrini A, Parzini S. Specific exercises reduce brace prescription in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a prospective controlled cohort study with worst-case analysis. J Rehabil Med. 2008 Jun;40(6):451-5.
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