Mining AIS biomarkers, elucidating the new mechanism of AIS pathogenicity, constructing risk prediction models, optimizing AIS precise diagnosis and treatment techniques, formulating precise diagnosis and treatment protocols and technical specifications for AIS combined with Chinese and Western medicine with independent intellectual property rights, and realizing the full coverage of Zhejiang Province by the end of 2026, so as to form the "Zhejiang experience" of AIS diagnosis and treatment.
Currently, there are problems of high genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity in AIS research, lack of in-depth epigenetic studies, and lack of clarity in pathogenic mechanisms. This project proposes to use EWAS technology, combined with a hybrid model of multidimensional and multimodal data fusion, to realize a multi-omics joint analysis, to clarify the amount of synergistic effects between multi-omics risk factors and AIS, to draw a map of modifiable risk factors, to clarify AIS biomarkers, and to reveal AIS To clarify the biomarkers of AIS and reveal the pathogenic mechanism of AIS. Currently, the clinical diagnosis and treatment of AIS is highly subjective and lacks objective and accurate risk prediction, which makes it easy to make wrong clinical decisions, resulting in insufficient, delayed or excessive treatment, missing the optimal time for treatment, and poor clinical efficacy. This project intends to establish a multi-dimensional and multi-modal dynamic database, use the unified model construction technology, combined with the sample imbalance model, to construct a unified and accurate prediction model for AIS, to perform clinical typing and risk stratification for AIS, to establish individualized and accurate diagnostic and treatment protocols for AIS, to improve the efficacy of AIS, to obtain high-quality clinical evidence, and to formulate industry-recognized clinical prevention and treatment standards, norms, and guidelines. Through mining AIS biomarkers, elucidating new mechanisms of AIS pathogenicity, constructing risk prediction models, optimizing AIS precision diagnosis and treatment techniques, and formulating precise diagnosis and treatment protocols and technical specifications for AIS combining Chinese and Western medicine with independent intellectual property rights, the project will achieve full coverage of Zhejiang Province by the end of 2026, forming the "Zhejiang experience" in AIS diagnosis and treatment. Zhejiang experience" will be formed in AIS diagnosis and treatment. The promotion of the results can realize the precision of AIS diagnosis and treatment, improve the efficacy of AIS treatment, reduce the incidence of severe scoliosis, reduce medical expenditure by billions of dollars, and alleviate the economic burden on families and society.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
2,000
Guiding + Manipulation + Traditional Chinese Medicine
Guiding + Manipulation + Traditional Chinese Medicine + Specific Exercise Therapy + Orthopedic Braces
Guiding + Manipulation + Traditional Chinese Medicine + Specific Exercise Therapy + Orthopedic Braces + Specialized Inpatient Rehabilitation
Specific Exercise Therapy
Orthopedic Braces + Specific Exercise Therapy
Orthopedic Braces + Specific Exercise Therapy + Recommended Surgery
Molecular marker exploration and validation
Molecular marker exploration and validation
Construction and validation of AIS risk prediction model completed
Prokin balance apparatus
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Cobb Angle
Cobb's angle is an angle used to measure the severity of scoliosis by measuring the angle of lateral curvature to assess the degree of scoliosis.
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
Trunk Rotation Degree -Angle of Trunk Rotation
The patient stood with feet shoulder-width apart and bent forward with hands to palms, and the maximum degree of spinal razorback was measured with the Scoliometer Scoliosis Screening Scale.
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
Coronal Balance
A plumb line is usually used to determine coronal plane balance. In the coronal plane of a normal spine, a plumb line leading from the center of the C7 vertebra will pass through the center of the sacrum or within 1 cm to the left and right of the S1 spinous process.
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
Sagittal Balance
Sagittal Balanced descriptions in the sagittal plane are an important way to assess scoliosis and its impact on body structure and function.
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
Frontal Convexity Of the Spine Angle
Your doctor will ask you to stand or sit down and then take x-ray pictures of your spine from the side. These pictures show the curve and curvature of the spine, from which the doctor can assess the condition of the lordosis.
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
Offside Convexity Of the Spine Angle
Your doctor will ask you to stand or sit down and then take x-ray pictures of your spine from the side. These pictures clearly show the curve and curvature of the spine, and the doctor can use these images to evaluate the condition of the kyphosis.
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
Electromyographic (AEMG) indicators
The obtained surface EMG signal data were input into MegaWin 2.3 signal processing software to extract and analyze linear metrics (mean frequency, median frequency, muscle activity intensity, etc.), and nonlinear metrics (multi-scale sample entropy, fractal dimension, coherence, etc.)
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
Electroencephalographic (EEG) Index
Matlab based software and its toolkit EEGLAB were used to preprocess the data and get clean EEG signal. The effective number of channels acquired in this study was 18 leads. Fifteen 2s segments (i.e., 45s of data) were randomly selected for each subject to obtain δ (1-4Hz), θ (4-8Hz), α (8-13Hz), and β (13-30Hz), and the functional connectivity of the different bands was calculated separately.
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
Postural Posture Assessment
Measurements of trunk offset angle, pelvic tilt angle, thoracic lordosis angle, lumbar lordosis angle, the sum of the maximum angle of vertebral body left-right rotation, the sum of the maximum left-right deviation of the trunk, and the angle of primary bending and lateral curvature can be obtained after completion of the filming.
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
Balance Function
Subjects remained stationary with eyes open for 30 seconds, and four parameters of COP were recorded: area of COP oscillation, mean oscillation velocity in the anteroposterior (AP) and medial-lateral (ML) directions, and length of movement.
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
Questionnaire on Spinal Health of Children and Adolescents
The Spine Health Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents is designed to understand and assess the spine health status and related behaviors of this age group in their daily lives.
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
Skeletal maturity (Risser's sign)
Doctors determine a child's bone age based on the closest standard x-ray image in the atlas to how the child's bones appear on the x-ray.
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
Types of scoliosis
Although scoliosis presents all lateral curvature and vertebral rotation in the spinal phase, we can categorize it into different types based on the number of degrees of scoliosis when the degree of scoliosis is greater than ten degrees in the online screen slice mountain.
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
Sagittal plane axial distance (SVA)
Sagittal plane axial distance (SVA) is one of the most important indicators of spinal and body postural balance, especially when assessing anterior-posterior spinal balance. It is usually measured by imaging (e.g., X-rays or MRI) and is used to quantify the anterior-posterior positional differences between the head and a pelvis.
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
Muscle and bone ultrasound
Morphological characteristics of the paravertebral muscles were extracted by ultrasonography of the morphology and elasticity of the paravertebral muscles of the enrolled patients.
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
Number of participants with Chemical testing
Subjects were obtained for routine blood, urine, biochemistry, thyroid function, sex hormones, allergens, growth hormone, leptin, estrogen, melatonin, and other tests.
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
Number of participants with Blood samples
Venous blood samples were collected from all included patients at 5 mL per person.The obtained blood samples were placed at -8°C. Samples were immediately separated, partitioned and stored after collection, and some blood samples were immediately sent to the hospital for biochemical indexes.
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
Urine test
Drink little or no water before going to bed, and try to retain urine in the bladder for more than 4 hours, use a sterile wide-mouth container to collect, discard the anterior part of the urine, and retain about 10mL of the middle part of the urine into a sterile container, and send it to the test immediately.
Time frame: Pre-treatment, 3, 6, 9, 12 months post-treatment
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