Tuğba Kuru1, İpek Yeldan2, E Elçin Dereli3, Arzu R Özdinçler2, Fatih Dikici4, İlker Çolak5. 1. Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Marmara University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey tugbakuru@gmail.com. 2. Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Istanbul University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey. 3. Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Istanbul Bilgi University, School of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey. 4. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Istanbul University, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. 5. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kartal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of three-dimensional (3D) Schroth exercises in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. DESIGN: A randomised-controlled study. SETTING: An outpatient exercise-unit and in a home setting. SUBJECTS:Fifty-one patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. INTERVENTIONS:Forty-five patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis meeting the inclusion criteria were divided into three groups. Schroth's 3D exercises were applied to the first group in the clinic and were given as a home program for the second group; the third group was the control. MAIN MEASURES: Scoliosis angle (Cobb method), angle of rotation (scoliometer), waist asymmetry (waist - elbow distance), maximum hump height of the patients and quality of life (QoL) (SRS-23) were assessed pre-treatment and, at the 6(th), 12(th) and 24(th) weeks. RESULTS: The Cobb (-2.53°; P=0.003) and rotation angles (-4.23°; P=0.000) significantly decreased, which indicated an improvement in the clinic exercise group compared to the other groups. The gibbosity (-68.66mm; P=0.000) and waist asymmetry improved only in the clinic exercise group, whereas the results of the other groups worsened. QoL did not change significantly in either group. CONCLUSION: According to the results of this study the Schroth exercise program applied in the clinic under physiotherapist supervision was superior to the home exercise and control groups; additionally, we observed that scoliosis progressed in the control group, which received no treatment.
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OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of three-dimensional (3D) Schroth exercises in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. DESIGN: A randomised-controlled study. SETTING: An outpatient exercise-unit and in a home setting. SUBJECTS: Fifty-one patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. INTERVENTIONS: Forty-five patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis meeting the inclusion criteria were divided into three groups. Schroth's 3D exercises were applied to the first group in the clinic and were given as a home program for the second group; the third group was the control. MAIN MEASURES: Scoliosis angle (Cobb method), angle of rotation (scoliometer), waist asymmetry (waist - elbow distance), maximum hump height of the patients and quality of life (QoL) (SRS-23) were assessed pre-treatment and, at the 6(th), 12(th) and 24(th) weeks. RESULTS: The Cobb (-2.53°; P=0.003) and rotation angles (-4.23°; P=0.000) significantly decreased, which indicated an improvement in the clinic exercise group compared to the other groups. The gibbosity (-68.66mm; P=0.000) and waist asymmetry improved only in the clinic exercise group, whereas the results of the other groups worsened. QoL did not change significantly in either group. CONCLUSION: According to the results of this study the Schroth exercise program applied in the clinic under physiotherapist supervision was superior to the home exercise and control groups; additionally, we observed that scoliosis progressed in the control group, which received no treatment.
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