Yoga in the Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic and Degenerative Scoliosis

Manhattan Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, LLP

Status: Completed

Conditions: Scoliosis; Scoliosis Idiopathic

Treatments: Behavioral: Yoga poses

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03110965

MANHATTANPMR

Details and patient eligibility

About

The effect of two isometric exercises is measured on Cobb angles from films taken 4-10 months apart.

Full description

The investigators obtained baseline Cobb angles on simple and complex curves, and collected previous, earlier studies of each adolescent idiopathic and degenerative scoliosis patient. The investigators then taught them to do the side-plank pose with the convex side of lumbar and thoracolumbar scoliotic curves downward, and a slightly altered version of the the half moon pose of yoga with the convex side of thoracic and cervicothoracic curves downward. The half moon pose was altered in that a belt was looped around the horizontal leg's foot, and held in a vertically extended upper arm's hand, and pulled tightly in that vertical position.

Each pose was held as long as the patient could at least once daily.

Cobb angles were again measured in films taken 4-10 months later.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 105 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Scoliosis
• Willingness to do pose at least once daily for 4 -10 months
• Willingness to have a second X-ray 4-10 months after starting to do pose

Exclusion criteria

• Neuromuscular disease
• Previous Spinal surgery
• Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

Experimental arm

Experimental group

Description:

Patients will have an X-ray before beginning to do one or two yoga poses daily for 4 - 10 months. After that period, they will have a second X-ray.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Yoga poses