ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2022
Effects of physiotherapeutic scoliosis-specific exercise in patients with mild juvenile scoliosis.
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- Impact of scoliosis-specific exercises on adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of exercise therapy on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in mild to moderate: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Comparative efficacy of six types of scoliosis-specific exercises on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Physiotherapeutic Scoliosis-Specific Exercise for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Cobb Angle: A Systematic Review.Spine surgery and related research · 2025Review
- Paraspinal muscles activities in S-shaped adolescent idiopathic scoliosis during physiotherapeutic scoliosis specific exercise: a case-control study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
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designA combined retrospective and prospective analysis on the therapeutic effect of physiotherapeutic scoliosis-specific exercise (PSSE) in mild juvenile idiopathic scoliosis (JIS) patients.
backgroundAt present, patients with mild JIS are generally treated by observation without any interventional treatment. This study analyzed the effects of PSSE on mild JIS, which provided a new approach for the treatment of JIS.
methodA total of 52 patients with mild JIS (Cobb angle 10-19°), aged 4-9 years, self-selected into an observation group and a PSSE group. Patients performed the corrective posture exercises daily based on the Scientific Exercise Approach to Scoliosis (SEAS) to the best of their ability, and performed the over-corrective training based on Schroth methods for 30 min each day. Before and one year after the treatment, the Cobb angle and the angle of trunk rotation (ATR) were evaluated, and the results were compared between the two groups.
resultsAfter one year of treatment, the Cobb angle in the PSSE group decreased from 15.0(11.0-17.0)° to 5.0(2.0-12.0)°(p ≤ 0.001), while the Cobb angle in the observation group increased from 13.5(11.0-17.3)° to 16.0(10.8-20.0)° (p = 0.010). The ATR in the PSSE group decreased from 5.0(2.0-7.0)° to 3.0(2.0-4.0)° (p = 0.009), while the change of ATR in the observation group was not significant. Compared with the observation group, 69.57% of patients in PSSE group had a decreased Cobb angle of more than 5 degrees, which was statistically significant(p ≤ 0.001).
conclusionFor mild JIS, PSSE decreased the Cobb angle and ATR.
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