Body Structure and Capacity Evaluation of Adults With Scoliosis

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Diagnostic test
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

Adults with scoliosis have not been the focus of much research in physical therapy despite their prevalence being very important. Adults with idiopathic scoliosis have a reported prevalence of about 2-11%. This includes adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis who have become adults but still have a scoliosis. They do not get much treatment as the adolescent treatment focuses on preventing worsening of the curvatures and the risk of progression is significantly reduced once a person reaches skeletal maturity. Still some patients experience self-image, function and pain issues which may be amenable to treatment using specific exercises as was recently shown. With ageing population a growing number of adults with de novo degenerative scoliosis is observed. This is a spinal misalignment due to spine degeneration. Adult degenerative scoliosis with pain is thought to affect about 24% of the ageing adults. This population has not been investigated very much. Before planning conservative treatments for adults with scoliosis it would be important to describe what deficit these adults present that may be targeted by physical therapy. The objective of this study is to compare samples of patients with adults degenerative scoliosis, adult idiopathic scoliosis to matched healthy controls (for age, height and weight). Participants will complete questionnaires and a physical exam to identify which limitations they present that may be amenable to treatment with physical therapy. This information will assist planning trials to address the needs of these two neglected patient populations.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• Diagnosis of idiopathic scoliosis

• Age ⩾18 years old

• Curve severity over 10°

• Fluent in English.

• Diagnosis of degenerative (De novo) scoliosis

• Age ⩾45 years old

• Curve severity over 10°

• Fluent in English.

• Age ⩾ 18 years

• Matched for age/height/weight (+/-5 years; +/- 10 lbs; +/- 10cm) to a scoliosis participant

• Fluent in English

Locations
Other Locations
Canada
University of Alberta, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, Dept. Physical Therapy
RECRUITING
Edmonton
Contact Information
Primary
Eric Parent, PT, PhD, Pr
eparent@ualberta.ca
+1 780-492-8889
Time Frame
Start Date: 2019-05-06
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-01-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 108
Treatments
Degenerative scoliosis
Diagnosis of degenerative (De novo) scoliosis,
Adult idiopathic scoliosis
Diagnosis of idiopathic scoliosis,
Degenerative scoliosis - matched controls
Population sample matched to the degenerative scoliosis group.
Idiopathic scoliosis - matched controls
Population sample matched to the idiopathic scoliosis group.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of Alberta

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov