Version June 2024
| Historical feature | Potential significance |
| Scoliosis | |
| When was scoliosis first noted? | AIS has onset at ≥10 years |
| What is the rate of progression? | Rapid progression may indicate nonidiopathic etiology |
| Associated symptoms | |
| Is there associated pain that limits activities, wakes the patient at night, or requires frequent analgesia? | May indicate nonidiopathic etiology and require additional evaluation |
| Are there symptoms of neuromuscular etiology (eg, muscle weakness, bowel or bladder problems, headache, neck pain)? | May indicate neuromuscular etiology and require additional evaluation |
| Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing? | May indicate severe thoracic scoliosis |
| Risk for progression | |
| What is the height trajectory? Has the pubertal growth spurt begun? | AIS may progress during the pubertal growth spurt |
| Has menarche occurred (for female patients)? | The risk for progression decreases after menarche |
| For male patients, have they started shaving every day (or do they need to)? | The risk for progression decreases after the need for daily shaving |
| Past medical history | |
| Leg fracture, joint infection, or arthritis? | May be associated with leg-length discrepancy |
| Family history | |
| Is there a family history of scoliosis? | AIS runs in families |
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