Trial reportPloS one2021
A comparison of foot posture and walking performance in patients with mild, moderate, and severe adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
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Effects of Exercise Programs on Gait in Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Gait kinetics in individuals with scoliosis: a systematic review and meta analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- The efficacy of core stabilization exercise in mild and moderate adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Pooled it
- Neurophysiological, balance and motion evidence in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- The efficacy of 3D personalized insoles in moderate adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Trial
- Influence of scoliosis severity on thoracolumbar biomechanical properties: a finite element analysis-based study.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 · 2026Article
- Pelvic alignment and plantar pressure asymmetry in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: a cross-sectional observational study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Observational
- Foot plantar pressure characteristics during standing and gait in adolescents with moderate double-curve adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (Lenke type 3 and type 6): a case-control study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Machine learning-based prediction of pediatric scoliosis using foot pressure and body angles.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 · 2026Article
- Gait Characteristics in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Secondary Scoliosis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Assessing the Diagnostic Validity of Torsobarography in Scoliosis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Risk factors and postoperative comfort nursing in adolescents with flatfoot complicated by idiopathic scoliosis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Analysis of the association between reading and writing postures and comorbidity of myopia and scoliosis in junior middle school students.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
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- Scoliosis in osteogenesis imperfecta: identifying the genetic and non-genetic factors affecting severity and progression from longitudinal data of 290 patients.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2023Article
- A deep learning method for foot-type classification using plantar pressure images.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
- The Incidence of Bracing Treatment on Static and Dynamic Baropodometric Parameters in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A non-invasive method for scoliosis assessment-A new mathematical concept using polar angle.PloS one · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAdolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most common form of scoliosis. However, the underlying mechanisms linking spinal curvature in AIS to foot characteristics and walking performance remain unclear.
objectiveThis study aimed to compare walking performance between adolescents with mild, moderate, and severe scoliosis and matched healthy peers with foot posture as covariates.
methodsThis cross-sectional study of 96 adolescents was conducted between April 2020 to October 2020 in China, with 32 healthy peers in the control group and 64 patients in the AIS group. Foot posture and morphology, plantar pressure distribution, and gait characteristics were analyzed. One-way analysis of variance with Bonferroni correction and a post hoc comparison of the mean differences between the different groups was performed. Multiple analyses of covariance adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, foot posture index (FPI), arch index (AI), and walking speed were performed.
resultsOf the 64 adolescents with scoliosis, 18 had mild AIS, 32 had moderate AIS, and 14 had severe AIS. The AI and FPI were much higher in the moderate and severe AIS groups (p = 0.018) and the severe AIS group (p<0.001), respectively, than in the control group. The severe AIS group had advanced and longer midstance (p = 0.014) and delayed propulsion phase (p = 0.013) than the control group. Patients with moderate and severe AIS had asymmetrical gait periods in the left and right limbs (p<0.05). Significant differences in the center-of-pressure excursion index (CPEI) were found between the moderate and severe AIS and control groups (p = 0.003).
conclusionModerate and severe AIS significantly influenced walking performance; however, no significant differences were observed between adolescents with mild AIS and healthy controls. Thus, early intervention could target the prevention of specific functional deficits and prevent it from progressing to a severe state.
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