Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis and Proprioceptive Defect

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Idiopathic Scoliosis; Scoliosis; Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Proprioceptive assessment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04682379

UW 20-525

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is the first clinical study to examine the spinal and peripheral proprioceptive deficits in longitudinal terms among subjects with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Enrollment: 166 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
• did not receive or failed conservative treatment

Exclusion criteria

• spinal injury, fracture, or spinal tumour
• neurological deficit
• brain or spinal cord abnormality
• developmental delay
• psychological disorder

Trial design

166 participants in 2 patient groups

Scoliotic patients with proprioceptive deficits

Description:

Study subjects possessed statistically significant differences in testing outcomes of proprioception compared with healthy controls.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Proprioceptive assessment

Scoliotic patients without proprioceptive deficits

Description:

Study subjects with similar testing results of proprioception compared with healthy controls.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Proprioceptive assessment