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

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Idiopathic Scoliosis
• Interventions: Behavioral: asymmetrical stabilization exercise

• Registration Number: NCT03675984
• Lead Sponsor: Ju Seok Ryu

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-12-22
• Primary Completion: 2017-11-07
• Study Completion: 2017-11-07
• Study First Submitted: 2018-09-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-09-16
• Study First Posted: 2018-09-18
• Status Verified: 2020-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-07-21
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 23

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
asymmetrical stabilization exercise group	asymmetrical stabilization exercise	'asymmetrical stabilization exercise' patient learn asymmetrical stabilization exercise according to the asymmetrical paraspinal muscles weakness and curve type

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cobb angle	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 Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Scoliosis Research Society-22(SRS-22)	through study completion, an average of 6 months	questionnaire for evaluating quality of life in patients with idiopathic scoliosis

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital; 🇰🇷 Seongnam-si, Kyungji-do, Korea, Republic of