scholarly journals Electromyographic Assessment of Functional Symmetry of Paraspinal Muscles during Static Exercises in Adolescents with Idiopathic Scoliosis

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiesław Chwała ◽  
Agnieszka Koziana ◽  
Tadeusz Kasperczyk ◽  
Robert Walaszek ◽  
Maciej Płaszewski

Background. The question of how to correct and rehabilitate scoliosis remains one of the most difficult problems of orthopaedics. Controversies continue to arise regarding various types of both symmetric and asymmetric scoliosis-specific therapeutic exercises.Objective. The aim of the present paper was to conduct an electromyographic assessment of functional symmetry of paraspinal muscles during symmetric and asymmetric exercises in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis.Materials and Methods. The study was conducted in a group of 82 girls, mean age 12.4 ± 2.3 years with single- or double-major-idiopathic scoliosis, Cobb angle 24 ± 9.4°. The functional biopotentials during isometric work of paraspinal muscles in “at rest” position and during two symmetric and four asymmetric exercises were measured with the use of the Muscle Tester ME 6000 electromyograph.Results. In general, asymmetric exercises were characterised by larger differences in bioelectrical activity of paraspinal muscles, in comparison with symmetric exercises, both in the groups of patients with single-curve and double-curve scoliosis.Conclusion. During symmetric and asymmetric exercises, muscle tension patterns differed significantly in both groups, in comparison with the examination at rest, in most cases generating positive corrective patterns. Asymmetric exercises generated divergent muscle tension patterns on the convex and concave sides of the deformity.

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dariusz Czaprowski

The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of generalised joint hypermobility (GJH) in 155 girls with idiopathic scoliosis (IS) (age 9–18 years, mean 13.8 ± 2.3). The control group included 201 healthy girls. The presence of GJH was assessed with Beighton (B) test. GJH was diagnosed in 23.2% of IS girls and in 13.4% of controls (P=0.02). The prevalence of GJH was significantly (P=0.01) lower in IS girls aged 16–18 years in comparison with younger individuals. There was no difference regarding GJH occurrence between girls with mild (11–24°), moderate (25–40°), and severe scoliosis (>40°) (P=0.78), between girls with single thoracic, single lumbar, and double curve scoliosis (P=0.59), and between girls with thoracic scoliosis length ≤7 and >7 vertebrae (P=0.25). No correlation between the number of points in B and the Cobb angle (P=0.93), as well as between the number of points in B and the number of the vertebrae within thoracic scoliosis (P=0.63), was noticed. GJH appeared more often in IS girls than in healthy controls. Its prevalence decreased with age. No relation between GJH prevalence and curve size, curve pattern, or scoliosis length was found.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Ahmad Jabir Rahyussalim ◽  
Ifran Saleh ◽  
Dyah Purnaning ◽  
Tri Kurniawati

Adult scoliosis is defined as a spinal deformity in a skeletally mature patient with a Cobb angle of more than 10 degrees in the coronal plain. Posterior-only approach with rod and screw corrective manipulation to add strength of contra bending manipulation has correction achievement similar to that obtained by conventional combined anterior release and posterior approach. It also avoids the complications related to the thoracic approach. We reported a case of 25-year-old male adult idiopathic scoliosis with double curve. It consists of main thoracic curve of 150 degrees and lumbar curve of 89 degrees. His curve underwent direct contra bending posterior approach using rod and screw corrective manipulation technique to achieve optimal correction. After surgery the main thoracic Cobb angle becomes 83 degrees and lumbar Cobb angle becomes 40 degrees, with 5 days length of stay and less than 800 mL blood loss during surgery. There is no complaint at two months after surgery; he has already come back to normal activity with good functional activity.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 4806
Author(s):  
Edyta Kinel ◽  
Krzysztof Korbel ◽  
Mateusz Kozinoga ◽  
Dariusz Czaprowski ◽  
Łukasz Stępniak ◽  
...  

This study aimed to compare the Italian Spine Youth Quality of Life Questionnaire (ISYQOL-PL) versus the Scoliosis Research Society-22 (SRS-22) questionnaire scores evaluating the validity of the concurrent and known-groups. Eighty-one girls (mean age 13.5 ± 1.8 years) with idiopathic scoliosis (IS) with a mean Cobb angle of 31.0 (±10.0) degrees were examined, all treated with a corrective TLSO brace for an average duration of 2.6 (±1.9) years. The patients’ scores were compared as follows: (1) age: ≤13 years vs. >13 years); (2) scoliosis severity: mild (Cobb angle 10–30°) vs. moderate (Cobb angle >30°); (3) single curve pattern vs. double curve pattern. Lin’s concordance correlation coefficient was used to evaluate the strength of the association between ISYQOL-PL and SRS-22 scores. T-tests were applied to assess if the ISYQOL-PL measure and SRS-22 total score were significantly different in the different groups of patients. The concurrent validity analysis showed a moderate correlation (Lin pccc = 0.47). The ISYQOL-PL showed a significantly better quality of life in mild than moderate scoliosis. The severity of scoliosis but not the age or the curve pattern demonstrated a direct statistically significant effect on patients’ quality of life only when evaluated using the ISYQOL-PL.


2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 857-864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroki Oba ◽  
Jun Takahashi ◽  
Sho Kobayashi ◽  
Tetsuro Ohba ◽  
Shota Ikegami ◽  
...  

OBJECTIVEUnfused main thoracic (MT) curvatures occasionally increase after selective thoracolumbar/lumbar (TL/L) fusion. This study sought to identify the predictors of an unacceptable increase in MT curve (UIMT) after selective posterior fusion (SPF) of the TL/L curve in patients with Lenke type 5C adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).METHODSForty-eight consecutive patients (44 females and 4 males, mean age 15.7 ± 2.5 years, range 13–24 years) with Lenke type 5C AIS who underwent SPF of the TL/L curve were analyzed. The novel “Shinshu line” (S-line) was defined as a line connecting the centers of the concave-side pedicles of the upper instrumented vertebra (UIV) and lowest instrumented vertebra (LIV) on preoperative radiographs. The authors established an S-line tilt to the right as S-line positive (S-line+, i.e., the UIV being to the right of the LIV) and compared S-line+ and S-line− groups for thoracic apical vertebral translation (T-AVT) and MT Cobb angle preoperatively, early postoperatively, and at final follow-up. The predictors for T-AVT > 20 mm at final follow-up were evaluated as well. T-AVT > 20 mm was defined as a UIMT.RESULTSAmong the 48 consecutively treated patients, 26 were S-line+ and 22 were S-line−. At preoperative, early postoperative, and final follow-up a minimum of 2 years later, the mean T-AVT was 12.8 mm (range −9.3 to 32.8 mm), 19.6 mm (range −13.0 to 41.0 mm), and 22.8 mm (range −1.9 to 68.7 mm) in the S-line+ group, and 10.8 mm (range −5.1 to 27.3 mm), 16.2 mm (range −11.7 to 42.1 mm), and 11.0 mm (range −6.3 to 26.9 mm) in the S-line− group, respectively. T-AVT in S-line+ patients was significantly larger than that in S-line− patients at the final follow-up. Multivariate analysis revealed S-line+ (odds ratio [OR] 23.8, p = 0.003) and preoperative MT Cobb angle (OR 7.9, p = 0.001) to be predictors of a UIMT.CONCLUSIONSS-line+ was defined as the UIV being to the right of the LIV. T-AVT in the S-line+ group was significantly larger than in the S-line− group at the final follow-up. S-line+ status and larger preoperative MT Cobb angle were independent predictors of a UIMT after SPF for the TL/L curve in patients with Lenke type 5C AIS. Surgeons should consider changing the UIV and/or LIV in patients exhibiting S-line+ during preoperative planning to avoid a possible increase in MT curve and revision surgery.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Scaramuzzo ◽  
Antonino Zagra ◽  
Giuseppe Barone ◽  
Stefano Muzzi ◽  
Leone Minoia ◽  
...  

AbstractAim of the study was to evaluate sagittal parameters modifications, with particular interest in thoracic kyphosis, in patients affected by adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) comparing hybrid and all-screws technique. From June 2010 to September 2018, 145 patients were enrolled. Evaluation included: Lenke classification, Risser scale, coronal Cobb angle, thoracic kyphosis (TK), lumbar lordosis (LL), sagittal vertical axis (SVA), pelvic incidence (PI), pelvic tilt (PT), sacral slope (SS). Patients were divided in two groups (1 all-screws and 2 hybrid); a further division, in both groups, was done considering preoperative TK values. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was conducted. 99 patients were in group 1, 46 in group 2 (mean follow-up 3.7 years). Patients with a normo-kyphotic profile developed a little variation in TK (Δ pre–post = 2.4° versus − 2.0° respectively). Hyper-kyphotic subgroups had a tendency of restoring a good sagittal alignment. Hypo-kyphotic subgroups, patients treated with all-screw implants developed a higher increase in TK mean Cobb angle (Δ pre–post = 10°) than the hybrid subgroup (Δ pre–post = 5.4°) (p = 0.01). All-screws group showed better results in restoring sagittal alignment in all subgroups compared to hybrid groups, especially in hypo-TK subgroup, with the important advantage to give better correction on coronal plane.


Author(s):  
Kadir Gem ◽  
Sertan Hancioglu ◽  
Abdulkadir Bilgiç ◽  
Serkan Erkan

Abstract Introduction The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the correction rate in Cobb angle and the improvement in quality of life profile in terms of Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)-22 values. Patients and Methods Between January 2007 and December 2013, posterior instrumentation and fusion was performed to 30 patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Patients were grouped according to their improvement rate in Cobb angles after surgery. Patients with an improvement rate of > 80% were grouped as Group A; those with an improvement rate of > 60% and ≤ 80% as Group B and those with an improvement rate of ≤ 60% were grouped as Group C. The SRS-22 questionnaire of these three groups was calculated and their relationship with the improvement in Cobb angle was evaluated. Results No statistical difference was found among the three groups in terms of pain, appearance, function, spirit, satisfaction, and SRS-22 values (all p > 0.05). Conclusion The results of this study demonstrate that the degree of correction rate does not correlate with the degree of improvement in the SRS-22 questionnaire in patients with AIS that underwent posterior fusion and instrumentation.


Author(s):  
Yuki Mihara ◽  
Weng Hong Chung ◽  
Siti Mariam Mohamad ◽  
Chee Kidd Chiu ◽  
Chris Yin Wei Chan ◽  
...  

Scoliosis ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bethany E Keenan ◽  
Maree T Izatt ◽  
Geoffrey N Askin ◽  
Robert D Labrom ◽  
Mark J Pearcy ◽  
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Author(s):  
Leilei Xu ◽  
Zhenhua Feng ◽  
Zhicheng Dai ◽  
Wayne Y. W. Lee ◽  
Zhichong Wu ◽  
...  

Previous studies have shown that LBX1 is associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) in multiple populations. For the first time, rs1322330 located in the putative promoter region of LBX1 was found significantly associated with AIS in the Chinese population [p = 6.08 × 10–14, odds ratio (OR) = 1.42, 95% confidence interval of 1.03–1.55]. Moreover, the luciferase assay and electrophoretic mobility shift assay supported that the allele A of rs1322330 could down-regulate the expression of LBX1 in the paraspinal muscles of AIS. In addition, silencing LBX1 in the myosatellite cells resulted in significantly inhibited cell viability and myotube formation, which supported an essential role of LBX1 in muscle development of AIS. To summarize, rs1322330 may be a novel functional SNP regulating the expression of LBX1, which was involved in the etiology of AIS possibly via regulation of myogenesis in the paraspinal muscles.


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