Pre-op Exercise for AIS Surgery

Eric Parent

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS)

Treatments: Behavioral: Pre-op Exercise Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07516574

Pro00150871

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if pre-operative scoliosis-specific exercises have a beneficial effect on the health outcomes of surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis affects adolescents between the age of 10-18.

The main questions this study aims to answer are:

• Can pre-operative exercises help reduce curve progression prior to surgery?
• Can pre-operative exercises help improve the surgery outcomes, such as a lower number of vertebrae needing fusion, increased curve correction, reduced surgery length, and shorter length of stay in the hospital?
• Can a pre-operative exercise intervention result in a reduction of the cost of surgery?

Researchers will compare the current standard of care (the control group) to an intervention group (with pre-op exercises) to see if pre-op exercises have an effect on these outcomes.

Participants will:

• visit the clinic every 3 months to complete ultrasound imaging scans and questionnaires
• if given an exercise intervention, aim to complete it for roughly 30 minutes a day

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
• aged 10 to 18
• curve angle >40 degrees
• waitlisted for posterior spinal fusion surgery at the Stollery Hospital

Exclusion criteria

• previous surgeries
• current use of scoliosis-specific exercises

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard of Care (Control)

No Intervention group

Description:

The Standard of Care (Control) Group is the group that will receive the current standard of care offered in the process of treating AIS with surgery.

Pre-op Exercise Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The Pre-op Exercise Intervention Group will receive the current standard of care offered when treating AIS with surgery, and will also be offered the intervention by the research team that is a pre-op exercise program aimed to increase flexibility of the spine and reduce scoliosis progression.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pre-op Exercise Program