Dr. Manuel Rigo M.D. Phd
Medical Doctor
Medical director of the Institut Elena Salvá.
Professor at the Physiotherapy school Gimbernat (UAB)
Instituto Elena Salvá Scoliosis Rehabilitation Center
Manuel D Rigo MD. PhD
Via Augusta 185, Entlo
08021 Barcelona
Spain
Biographical notes
- Medical doctor, 1981 (UAB)
- First specialty in Allergy and clinical immunology, 1985 (BCN)
- Further specialty in scoliosis rehabilitation and orthopaedic treatment (Institute E. Salvá, BCN; KSK, Germany).
- Teaching Schroth method since 1989 (National and International courses).
- Professor at the physiotherapy school Gimbernat (UAB) since 1990.
- PhD in 2000 ‘Department of Radiology and Physical Medicine Universidad de Córdoba’.
- Invited Professor, Bundesfachschule für Orthopädie-Technik Dortmund – BUFA, Germany since 2002, teaching Chêneau principles.
- Founder of the Barcelona Scoliosis Physical Therapy School 2009
- Chair of the SIRER congress in Barcelona, 1996 (President of Honour: A Nachemson); the International Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities in Barcelona, 2004; 2011 SOSORT meeting in Barcelona.
- First President of the SOSORT 2006-8
Co-Chair of the Educational Committee SOSORT
Publications
25 Medline published papers, 3 book chapters, 2 books
Most important Medline papers
- Patient evaluation in idiopathic scoliosis: Radiographic assessment, trunk Rigo M. deformity and back asymmetry. Physiother Theory Pract. 2011 Jan; 27(1):7-25. Review.
- Rigo MD, Villagrasa M, Gallo D. A specific scoliosis classification correlating with brace treatment: description and reliability. Scoliosis. 2010 Jan 27; 5(1):1.
- Weiss HR, Rigo M. The Chêneau concept of bracing – actual standards. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2008; 135:291-302.
- Rigo M, Reiter Ch, Weiss HR. Effect of conservative management on the prevalence of surgery in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Pediatr Rehabil. 2003 Jul-Dec; 6(3-4):209-14
- Rigo M, Quera-Salvá G, Puigdevall N, Martínez M. Retrospective results in immature idiopathic scoliotic patients treated with a Chêneau brace. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2002; 88:241-5.
Educations – Trainings – Seminars – Conferences on Scoliosis
- Since 1989 BSPTS Schroth-Therapy Instructor (National and International Courses)
- Since 2002 Invited Professor at the BUFA Bundesfachschule für Orthopädie-Technik in Dortmund, Germany – teaching Chêneau principles
- Since 2003 1-2 times a year Lecturer of the instructional RSC® Brace Scoliosis Intensive Seminar – together with Ortholutions, in Germany
- Conductor of Scoliosis Patients Meetings at international RSC® Brace Excellence Centers
- Attendee at all Society on Scoliosis Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment (SOSORT) Meetings since 2004
History of the Instituto Elena Salvá
More than 30 years ago, physical therapist Elena Salva founded the first Schroth clinic in Barcelona, Spain: Instituto E. Salva Rehabilitation. Elena Salva had worked and trained with Christa Lehnert-Schroth and was motivated to start the Schroth method in her home country.
Here, treatment is done on an outpatient basis, with patients being trained on both a 1:1 basis and in groups. Today, the Instituto Elena Salvá is operated by Dr. Gloria E Salva, daughter of Elena, and her husband, Dr. Manuel Rigo, medical director.
The decades of the family missions of Schroth in Germany and the Instituto Elena Salva in Spain, and are inspiring testimony to the importance of their work.
The French physician, Dr. Jaques Chêneau, initially established the rules of correction and created the Chêneau brace for scoliosis. Dr. Manuel Rigo worked in collaboration with Chêneau to further develop a correction model using more biomechanical principles, ultimately developing the RSC® Rigo-System Chêneau scoliosis brace together with Ortholutions.
Dr. Manuel Rigo M.D. Phd and Dr. Mina Jelačić perform the modelling process for a RSC® Brace during a RSC® intensiveseminar with Ortholutions.
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