The Effect of an Exercise Program on Change in Curve in Adolescents with Minimal Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Preliminary Study
| Autor: | V Hall, Claire E Beekman, B Stone, H L Brooks, V Guess |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent Physical activity Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Idiopathic scoliosis Scoliosis Exercise program Physical medicine and rehabilitation Memory medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies Child skin and connective tissue diseases business.industry Significant difference Hobbies Exercise therapy medicine.disease Exercise Therapy Evaluation Studies as Topic Physical therapy Recreation sense organs business Sports |
| Zdroj: | Physical Therapy. 59:759-763 |
| ISSN: | 1538-6724 0031-9023 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ptj/59.6.759 |
| Popis: | Forty-two adolescents with minimal idiopathic scoliosis, who had been on an exercise program for 9 to 15 months, were evaluated to determine the influence of exercise on change in their curvatures. A difference of 4 degrees or greater between initial and final curve measurements was considered to be a change. Five percent of the curves increased, 74% remained the same, and 21% decreased. Change in curvature for these patients was also compared with that of a matched retrospective group of adolescents with scoliosis who had not had the exercise program. No significant difference in change in curve between the two groups was found. For patients who had been on the exercise program, there was no significant relationship between change in curve and extent of physical activity or between change in curve and exercise recall, correct performance, or frequency. Limitations in the study design and possible explanations for the results are discussed. |
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