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ArticleScoliosis2015

Physical activities of Patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS): preliminary longitudinal case-control study historical evaluation of possible risk factors.

Marianne E McMaster, Amanda Jane Lee, R Geoffrey Burwell

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Article in Scoliosis, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 22 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Marianne E McMasterScottish National Paediatric, Spine Deformity Centre, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, EH9 1LF UK.
Amanda Jane LeeMedical Statistics Unit, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG UK.
R Geoffrey BurwellCentre for Spinal Studies and Surgery, Queen's Medical Centre Campus, Nottingham, UK.
Queen's Medical Centre · GBRoyal Hospital for Sick Children · GBUniversity of Edinburgh · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To our knowledge there are no publications that have evaluated physical activities in relation to the etiopathogenesis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) other than sports scolioses. In a preliminary longitudinal case-control study, mother and child were questioned and the children examined by one observer. The aim of the study was to examine possible risk factors for AIS. Two study groups were assessed for physical activities: 79 children diagnosed as having progressive AIS at one spinal deformity centre (66 girls, 13 boys) and a Control Group of 77 school children (66 girls, 11 boys), the selection involving six criteria. A structured history of physical activities was obtained, every child allocated to a socioeconomic group and examined for toe touching. Unlike the Patients, the Controls were not X-rayed and were examined for surface vertical spinous process asymmetry (VSPA). Statistical analyses showed progressive AIS to be positively associated with social deprivation, early introduction to indoor heated swimming pools and ability to toe touch. AIS is negatively associated with participation in dance, skating, gymnastics or karate and football or hockey classes, which might suggest preventive possibilities. There is a significantly increased independent odds of AIS in children who went to an indoor heated swimming pool within the first year of life (odds ratio 3.88, 95% CI 1.77-8.48; p = 0·001). Furthermore fourteen (61%) Controls with VSPA compared with 9 (17%) Controls without VSPA had been introduced to the swimming pool within their first year of life (P < 0.001). Early exposure to indoor heated swimming pools for both AIS and VSPA, suggests that the AIS findings do not result from sample selection.

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EtiologyPhysical activitiesRisk factorsScoliosisSwimming poolsToe touching

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PMCPMC4393567
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