Growth Plates
Open growth plates create more opportunity to influence spinal shape. Adults with curves developed over decades are unlikely to achieve large structural correction quickly. Growth plates remain flexible during growth because they are carti…
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Open growth plates create more opportunity to influence spinal shape. Adults with curves developed over decades are unlikely to achieve large structural correction quickly. Growth plates remain flexible during growth because they are cartilage that has not fully solidified. After growth plates fuse, spinal shape is described as largely set and difficult to change.