ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2020
Respiratory function, functional capacity, and physical activity behaviours in children and adolescents with scoliosis.
Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05703737 (Respiratory Function and Respiratory Muscle Strength in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Respiratory Function and Respiratory Muscle Strength in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Assessment of Pulmonary Function After Treatment of Scoliosis: Meta-Analysis and Review Article.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of Pilates-based exercise applied with hybrid telerehabilitation method in children with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A randomized clinical trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Trial
- Physical fitness and pulmonary function in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: a comparative study with healthy peers.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Cardiopulmonary Consequences of Scoliosis and the Clinical Implications of VOJournal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America · 2026Review
- Activity capacity in children with early onset scoliosis compared to pulmonary function (spirometry) and patient-reported outcomes.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Impact of Idiopathic Scoliosis on the Cardiopulmonary Capacity of Adolescents.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Variations in the prevalence of scoliosis by age, sex, geographic region, and subtype among Chinese children: A systematic review and modelling study.Journal of global health · 2024Article
- Effect of Spinal Correction Surgery on Lower Limb Strength in Idiopathic Adolescent Scoliosis.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2023Article
- The relationship between physical activity, structural deformity, and spinal mobility in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients.Spine deformity · 2023Article
- Reliability and Validity of Scoliosis Measurements Obtained with Surface Topography Techniques: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Effects of Core Stabilization Training on the Cobb Angle and Pulmonary Function in Adolescent Patients with Idiopathic Scoliosis.Journal of environmental and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess pulmonary function and functional capacity in children and adolescents with mild or moderate idiopathic scoliosis who were included in a rehabilitation programme, and to observe some of their physical activity behaviours.
methodsForty children (aged 9-17 years) with mild or moderate idiopathic scoliosis (patients) and 40 sex- and age-matched healthy controls were included in the study. Physical activity behaviours (hours of time spent at a desk and at a computer, hours of competitive and non-competitive practice of exercise per week) were recorded. Patients were assessed before beginning rehabilitation and 12 weeks after an exercised-based programme by spirometry and functional capacity testing (6-minute walk test).
resultsAll respiratory and functional capacity parameters were significantly increased after physical therapy compared with before beginning physical therapy in patients. However, there were still differences between patients and controls in all assessed parameters after therapy. Children and adolescents who were diagnosed with scoliosis spent a longer time at a computer, and had reduced regular and competitive physical exercise compared with controls.
conclusionsIn children and adolescents with mild/moderate idiopathic scoliosis, pulmonary parameters and functional capacity are improved after 12 weeks of supervised physical therapy.
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