An Aerobic Exercising Program on Respiratory Muscle Strength in Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
- Conditions
- Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
- Interventions
- Other: Aerobic exercise program
- Registration Number
- NCT00886652
- Brief Summary
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) can change the respiratory dynamics and performance of the inspiratory and expiratory muscles, affecting ventilatory capacity. This was a randomized, controlled, open study to test the impact of a physiotherapeutic program of aerobic exercises on respiratory muscle strength, in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Patients with AIS were randomly assigned to the aerobic exercise-training program group or the no treatment group. There was a significant increase in Pimax and Pemax in the group which received physiotherapy.
- Detailed Description
Study Design: This was a randomized, controlled, open study to test the impact of a physiotherapeutic program of aerobic exercises on respiratory muscle strength, in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Objective. To analyze, by means of maximum respiratory pressure measurements, the conditioning of the respiratory muscles after four months of aerobic exercise training. Summary of Background Data. AIS can change the respiratory dynamics and performance of the inspiratory and expiratory muscles, affecting ventilatory capacity.
Methods: Patients with AIS, aged between 10 and 20 years, were randomly assigned to the aerobic exercise-training program group or the no treatment group. They were evaluated for respiratory muscle strength before and after the treatment period, by means of a manometer, and radiographs of the chest and spine. The physical therapy exercise protocol consisted of three weekly sessions, including stretching, aerobic exercises (first mild and then accelerated) and relaxation techniques, for a period of four months.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 90
- aged between 10 and 20 years
- diagnosed as having adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with a spinal angle of scoliotic deformity of at least 45º, and candidates for surgical correction
- sedentary
- spinal angle deformities of less than 45º
- previous operation for spinal correction
- comorbidities (lung, heart or neurological diseases) that could interfere with the understanding of the procedures of this study (both diagnostic and interventional)
- regular physical activity
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Exercise Aerobic exercise program The patients of the Exercise group were submitted to a four-month physiotherapy protocol, with three weekly sessions of 60 minutes each, accompanied by a physiotherapist, and consisting of warm-up, aerobic exercise on an electric treadmill, and then winding down and relaxation. Each patient in this group was therefore submitted to an average of 48 sessions of exercises, always carried out at the same physiotherapy center.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Maximum respiratory pressure measurements by means of a manometer: maximum inspiratory pressure (Pimax) and maximum expiratory pressure (Pemax) Before the start of the proposed exercises, and one day after the last session of the exercise protocol, all the patients were evaluated using a manovacuometer.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo
🇧🇷São Paulo, SP, Brazil