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NCT Number: NCT03675984

Development of Exercise Protocol for Scoliosis Using Surface Electromyography(S-EMG)

There has been much effort in recent years to better understand the causes of idiopathic scoliosis (IS). Some studies suggested muscle imbalance as a cause of scoliosis based on asymmetric muscular activation. Surface electromyography can evaluate asymmetrical muscular weakness. Therefore, the peak amplitude values can be used to compare the side to side differences in paraspinal muscles. From these findings the investigators improve the exercise method of IS according to muscle weakness and curve pattern.

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Key information

Conditions

Idiopathic Scoliosis Behavior Bone Diseases Motor Activity Musculoskeletal Diseases Spinal Curvatures Spinal Diseases

Age range

8 year–30 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Seongnam-si, Kyungji-do, 13620, South Korea

About this study

Design: Prospective study Setting: hospital rehabilitation department the investigators will check the muscular activation at bilateral paraspinal muscles with surface electromyography and curve type with simple radiography.

Intervention: After that the investigators educate asymmetrical stabilization exercise according to muscle weakness and curve pattern.

Main outcome measures: Cobb angle

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • X-ray shows a cobb angle of 10 degrees or higher.
  • Patients 8 and older.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with spinal surgery
  • Patients with scoliosis caused by cerebral palsy, muscle paralysis, polio, congenital spinal cord abnormalities, etc.
  • Cobb angle less than 10 degrees and more than 40 degrees
  • Patients with acute back pain

Treatment and study plan

asymmetrical stabilization exercise

Behavioral

Exercise is combined to form an appropriate combination of motion (Side-lying, Bird-dog, Prone arm lift, Prone leg lift) according to the curve pattern and muscle weakness of each patient's.

Primary outcomes

  1. Cobb angle

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months

    the angle of curvature be measured by drawing lines parallel to the upper border of the upper vertebral body and the lower border of the lowest vertebra of the structural curve on plain radiography

Secondary outcomes

  1. Scoliosis Research Society-22(SRS-22)

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months

    questionnaire for evaluating quality of life in patients with idiopathic scoliosis

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ju Seok Ryu

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Sep 18, 2018
Registry last updated
Jul 22, 2020

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