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Body Structure and Capacity Evaluation of Adults With Scoliosis
Led by University of Alberta · Updated on 2025-05-06
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Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
403 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Adults with scoliosis have not been the focus of much research in physical therapy despite their prevalence being very important. Adults with idiopathic scoliosis have a reported prevalence of about 2-11%. This includes adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis who have become adults but still have a scoliosis. They do not get much treatment as the adolescent treatment focuses on preventing worsening of the curvatures and the risk of progression is significantly reduced once a person reaches skeletal maturity. Still some patients experience self-image, function and pain issues which may be amenable to treatment using specific exercises as was recently shown. With ageing population a growing number of adults with de novo degenerative scoliosis is observed. This is a spinal misalignment due to spine degeneration. Adult degenerative scoliosis with pain is thought to affect about 24% of the ageing adults. This population has not been investigated very much. Before planning conservative treatments for adults with scoliosis it would be important to describe what deficit these adults present that may be targeted by physical therapy. The objective of this study is to compare samples of patients with adults degenerative scoliosis, adult idiopathic scoliosis to matched healthy controls (for age, height and weight). Participants will complete questionnaires and a physical exam to identify which limitations they present that may be amenable to treatment with physical therapy. This information will assist planning trials to address the needs of these two neglected patient populations.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Body Structure and Capacity Evaluation of Adults With Scoliosis
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Diagnosis of idiopathic scoliosis
- Age 18 years or older for idiopathic scoliosis group
- Curve severity over 10 degrees for idiopathic scoliosis group
- Fluent in English for idiopathic scoliosis group
- Diagnosis of degenerative (De novo) scoliosis
- Age 45 years or older for degenerative scoliosis group
- Curve severity over 10 degrees for degenerative scoliosis group
- Fluent in English for degenerative scoliosis group
- Age 18 years or older for healthy control group
- Matched for age (±5 years), height (±10 cm), and weight (±10 lbs) to a scoliosis participant
- Fluent in English for healthy control group
You will not qualify if you...
- History of spine surgery
- History of diseases affecting the torso or lower extremity function
- History of surgery or trauma
- Secondary scoliosis
- Unable to fill out questionnaires or attend the physical examination
- Pregnant or gave birth between 0 and 2 years ago
- Serious systemic pathology for healthy controls
- Spine deformity for healthy controls
- Received treatments for the spine or lower limbs within the last year for healthy controls
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
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University of Alberta, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, Dept. Physical Therapy
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G2G4
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Research Team
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Eric Parent, PT, PhD, Pr
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
4
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