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End growth results of exercise treatment to avoid bracing in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: a prospective cohort controlled study

2014; BioMed Central; Volume: 9; Issue: S1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/1748-7161-9-s1-o71

1748-7161

Stefano Négrini, Sabrina Donzelli, Alessandra Negrini, Silvana Parzini, Michele Romano, Fabio Zaina,

Shoulder Injury and Treatment

Methods Setting: outpatient tertiary referral clinics. Participants: consecutive patients from start of the database to 31/12/2010. Inclusion criteria: IS; Risser 0-2; 11° to 20° Cobb; age 10 years or more; first evaluation. Exclusion criteria: consultations only; immediate prescription of a brace. Groups: Physiotherapic Specific Scoliosis Exercises SEAS school (PSSE: at least 45 min/week, 3 cognitivebehavioral sessions/year); Controls (CON: less than 15 min/week); Usual Physiotherapy (UP: other institutes/ protocols). End-Of-Treatment (EOT): medical prescription, bracing, Risser 3. Failures: bracing for scoliosis; EOT above 30°. Statistical analysis: intent-to-treat (ITT: drop-outs included as failures) and efficacy (EA: only EOT patients). Relative Risk of failure (RR), 95% Confidence Interval (CI), and clinical and radiographic changes have been calculated.