PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Otman, Saadet
AU  - Kose, Nezire
AU  - Yakut, Yavuz
TI  - The efficacy of Schroth s 3-dimensional exercise therapy in the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in Turkey
DP  - 2005 Sep 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1429--1435
VI  - 26
IP  - 9
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/26/9/1429.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/26/9/1429.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2005 Sep 01; 26
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of 3-dimensional therapy in the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.METHODS: We carried out this study with 50 patients whose average age was 14.15 ± 1.69 years at the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation School, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, from 1999 to 2004. We treated them as outpatients, 5 days a week, in a 4-hour program for the first 6 weeks. After that, they continued with the same program at home. We evaluated the Cobb angle, vital capacity and muscle strength of the patients before treatment, and after 6 weeks, 6 months and one year, and compared all the results.RESULTS: The average Cobb angle, which was 26.1 degrees on average before treatment, was 23.45 degrees after 6 weeks, 19.25 degrees after 6 months and 17.85 degrees after one year (p<0.01). The vital capacities, which were on average 2795 ml before treatment, reached 2956 ml after 6 weeks, 3125 ml after 6 months and 3215 ml after one year (p<0.01). Similarly, according to the results of evaluations after 6 weeks, 6 months and one year, we observed an increase in muscle strength and recovery of the postural defects in all patients (p<0.01).CONCLUSION: Schroth s technique positively influenced the Cobb angle, vital capacity, strength and postural defects in outpatient adolescents.