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| Full name | Alessandra Negrini |
| Profession | Physical Therapist |
| Actual professional positions | Technical Director of the Unit situated in Vigevano (PV) of ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute) |
| Short biographical notes (300 words) | 1987 Bachelor of Rehabilitation Therapist – University of Pavia 2005 Degree in Physical Therapy – University of Pavia From 1998 member of the Scientific Secretariat of the Italian Group of Scoliosis and Spinal Diseases (GSS) Speaker in numerous national and international meetings and courses |
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| Medline published papers (number) | 11 |
| Book chapters | 7 |
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| 5 most important Medline papers (copy and paste reference from Medline) | Adult scoliosis can be reduced through specific SEAS exercises: a case report. Negrini A, Parzini S, Negrini MG, Romano M, Atanasio S, Zaina F, Negrini S. Scoliosis. 2008 Dec 16;3:20 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. Zaina F, Negrini S, Atanasio S, Fusco C, Romano M, Negrini A. Scoliosis. 2009 Apr 7;4:8. Specific exercises reduce brace prescription in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a prospective controlled cohort study with worst-case analysis. Negrini S, Zaina F, Romano M, Negrini A, Parzini S. J Rehabil Med. 2008 Jun;40(6):451-5. End-growth results of bracing and exercises for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Prospective worst-case analysis. Negrini S, Atanasio S, Zaina F, Romano M, Parzini S, Negrini A. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2008;135:395-408. Scientific Exercises Approach to Scoliosis (SEAS): efficacy, efficiency and innovation. Romano M, Negrini A, Parzini S, Negrini S. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2008;135:191-207. |