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Objective To evaluate the influences of traditional Chinese medicinal combined therapies on pulmonary function and surface average electromyogram (AEMG) ratio in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients. Methods One hundred and twenty outpatients with mild and moderate adolescent idiopathic scoliosis were randomly divided into a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) group and a brace group. TCM group patients underwent i) Navigation of the spinal balance (twice a day, 40min/ time), until to skeletal maturity; ii) Balance manipulation (twice a week, 25min/time), lasted 12 months; iii) Small needle-knife therapy (once a week, 10 times). The brace group patients were treated with a Milwaukee brace. The Cobb angle was measured after 12 and 24 months of treatment, pulmonary function was determined after 12 months of treatment, and AEMG ratio of the surface electromyogram was measured 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after treatment, and intergroup comparison was performed. Results The Cobb angle significantly decreased in both groups 12 months after treatment (P0.05) in the TCM group and brace group, respectively, 12 months after treatment and 62.5% and 34.7% (P |
