This study aims to compare the effectiveness of core stabilization exercises versus traditional rehabilitation exercises in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis. Participants are assigned to one of two intervention groups: a core stabilization exercise program or a traditional rehabilitation program. The study evaluates the impact of both interventions on spinal stability, posture, and functional outcomes. The results of this study may help identify more effective rehabilitation approaches for managing adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
60
A supervised core stabilization exercise program targeting deep and global trunk musculature including the transversus abdominis, multifidus, pelvic floor, diaphragm, rectus abdominis, erector spinae, and oblique muscles. The program was delivered three times per week for 12 weeks, with each session lasting 45 minutes. Exercises were progressively advanced from static to dynamic tasks according to participant tolerance and performance.
Conventional Rehabilitation exercises commonly used in clinical practice for adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis
Armed Forces Hospital Southern Region
Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia
Change in Cobb's Angle
Cobb's angle measured using the DIERS Formetric 4D spinal analysis system in static mode
Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks
1. Maximum Axial Vertebral Rotation (Max AVR)
Measured using DIERS Formetric 4D
Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks
Pelvic Obliquity
Measured using DIERS Formetric 4D
Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks
Quality of Life (QoL)
The SRS-22 questionnaire consists of 22 items scored from 1 to 5, with total scores ranging from 1 (worst outcome) to 5 (best outcome). Higher scores indicate better quality of life.
Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks
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