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ArticleInternational journal of epidemiology2019

Association between physical activity and scoliosis: a prospective cohort study.

Jon H Tobias, Jeremy Fairbank, Ian Harding, Hilary J Taylor, Emma M Clark

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Article in International journal of epidemiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Cancer and mortality risks of patients with scoliosis from radiation exposure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jon H TobiasMusculoskeletal Research Unit, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK.
Jeremy FairbankNuffield Department of Orthopaedics, University of Oxford, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK.
Ian HardingMusculoskeletal Directorate, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.
Hilary J TaylorMusculoskeletal Research Unit, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK.
Emma M ClarkMusculoskeletal Research Unit, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK.
Southmead Hospital · GBNorth Bristol NHS Trust · GBNuffield Orthopaedic Centre · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G9815508Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 102215/2/13/2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLittle is understood about the causes of adolescent onset idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). No prospective studies assessing the association between physical activity and idiopathic adolescent scoliosis have been carried out. We aimed to carry out the first prospective population-based study of this association.

methodsThe Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) collected self-reported measures of physical ability/activity at ages 18 months and 10 years. Objective measures of physical activity were collected by accelerometry at age 11 years. scoliosis was identified using the dxa scoliosis Method at age 15 years. Participants with scoliosis at age 10 years were excluded.

resultsOf 4640 participants at age 15 years who had DXA scans, 267 (5.8%) had scoliosis. At age 18 months, those infants who were able to stand up without being supported were 66% less likely to have developed scoliosis by age 15 (P = 0.030) compared with infants who could not. Those children whose mothers reported they did most vigorous physical activity at age 10 years were 53% less likely to develop scoliosis (P = 0.027). Those children who did more objectively measured moderate/vigorous physical activity at age 11 were 30% less likely to have developed scoliosis (P < 0.001). Results were not affected by adjustment for age, gender, lean mass, fat mass or back pain.

conclusionsWe report reduced physical ability and activity as early as age 18 months in those who go on to develop scoliosis by age 15 years. Further research is justified to examine the mechanisms underlying this association.

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ExerciseAbsorptiometry, PhotonAccelerometryAdolescentAge of OnsetChildChild DevelopmentFemaleHumansInfantLogistic ModelsLongitudinal StudiesMaleProspective StudiesScoliosisSelf ReportALSPACcohort studyphysical activityScoliosis

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PMID30535285
PMCPMC6896242
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