NCT07194564

Acute Training Effect Assessment in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Acute Effect Assessment of a Self-corrective Exercise on Electromyography and Spine Deviation in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to assess the immediate effects of a self-corrective exercise on muscle activity and spinal alignment in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis. Eligible participants will undergo clinical assessments of spine deviation and surface electromyography (EMG) before and after a single session of guided self-controled and self-corrective exercise. The findings may help inform rehabilitation strategies for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Detailed description

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) involves three-dimensional spinal deformity and asymmetric paraspinal muscle activation. Scoliosis-specific, self-corrective exercises are widely used in conservative care, but their immediate neuromuscular and postural effects after a single guided session remain insufficiently characterized. This prospective pre-post study will enroll adolescents with radiographically confirmed AIS for one clinic visit. After eligibility confirmation and consent/assent, participants will complete baseline assessments, perform a standardized, therapist-guided self-controlled, self-corrective exercise tailored to curve pattern, and then repeat the same assessments immediately afterward. The protocol emphasizes axial elongation, active self-correction delivered within a brief supervised session. The primary purpose is to quantify immediate changes in spinal alignment and paraspinal muscle activity to explore potential mechanisms of action and inform refinement of rehabilitation strategies for AIS. Feasibility and tolerability will be monitored during the single visit. No additional imaging is required beyond existing clinical records. Findings will be disseminated through scientific channels to guide future conservative management and hypothesis generation for subsequent controlled trials.

Conditions

• Adolescence Idiopathic Scoliosis
• AIS

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Control Exercise	A standard exercise without self-correction, performed by all participants as the control condition.
BEHAVIORAL	Self-corrective Exercise	A self-corrective exercise intervention targeting improved postural alignment and muscle activation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-02-13
• Primary completion: 2025-08-03
• Completion: 2026-12-01
• First posted: 2025-09-26
• Last updated: 2025-10-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong