Validation of the three-dimensional scoliosis therapy according to Katharina Schroth for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis using a newly introduced radiation-free sonographic measurement method - Scolioscan®.
- Conditions
- M41.10
- Registration Number
- DRKS00024923
- Lead Sponsor
- Asklepios Katharina-Schroth Klinik
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 240
adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
10-18 years
four-week rehabilitation or presentation at the outpatient clinic of the Asklepios Katharina-Schroth-clinic
neuromuscular scolioses
congenital scolioses
infantile and juvenile scoliosis
secondary scolioses
patients with mental retardation
patients with spinal fusion surgery
patients with reported pain at rest above a score of 5 on the visual analogue scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (most severe pain imaginable)
patients with an acute medical condition, such as fever, unhealed injuries, dizziness, nausea or balance problems
patients taking medications that affect vigilance, muscle tone or the central nervous system
patients who are (possibly) pregnant
patients who do not have the capacity to give consent or to be informed, unless this condition is due to their age and there is informed consent from their legal representative or guardian.
patients with a BMI >23 kg/m² (27)
patients with a scoliosis > 50°(1, 27)
high thoracic scolioses with a vertebra between TH2 and TH6
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Does a four-week intensive three-dimensional scoliosis treatment according to Katharina Schroth achieve a change in curvature angles compared to a control group?
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Determination of a reliable and valid correlation factor for the determination of the Cobb angle.