Distributed ICT solutions for scoliosis management

Scoliosis is a abnormal curvature of the spine often found in adolescents. Commonly the management of patients with scoliosis is done through manual methods. The use of smartphone applications with integrated sensors allows the remote distributed management of scoliosis. Patients and doctors can communicate and collaborate each other through two different methods: web- based methods and app-based methods. Scoliosis management moves from a centralized system to a decentralized system with obvious benefits for both the doctor and the patient. In particular, the applications allow the doctor to monitor the patients scoliosis curve remotely, saving time and money. Furthermore, they allow the patient to easily check the progress of the scoliotic curvature at home and receive immediate feedback about the correctness and effectiveness of the physical exercises prescribed. We report a brief survey of main apps for scoliosis management and depicts a possible distributed software architecture for scoliosis management.