Active clinical trials for "Scoliosis"

The Finnish Paediatric Orthopaedic Study Group will perform a prospective randomized, multicenter, clinical trial comparing Gelatin matrix with human derived thrombin (Floseal, Baxter) and without use of Floseal in adolescents undergoing posterior spinal deformity surgery for AIS (adolescent idiopathic scoliosis between 45 and 90 degrees) in Turku, Tampare and Helsinki Children's Hospitals. Sixty patients will be randomized into the intervention group receiving Floseal (n=30) and control group not receiving Floseal (n=30). Each University Hospital will treat 10 Floseal and 10 conventional treated scoliosis patients (block randomization). Both treatment groups will be allowed to use conventional blood saving methods.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Calcium and Vit D supplementation is effective for improving low bone mass in Girls with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS).

Aim of the study is to evaluate a new brace that has become available, the Peak Scoliosis Brace (Aspen Medical Products) designed to alleviate pain for adult patients with chronic pain secondary to scoliosis. 20 adults with back pain secondary to Idiopathic Scoliosis will be recruited. The sample size was calculated considering the data collected during the development of the brace in the US. Patients will be evaluated at baseline immediately before starting with the brace and after 4 weeks and 6 months. The brace must be worn for at least 2-4 hours per day. At each evaluation they will be asked to fill the questionnaires, to be used as outcome measure of the results.

Comparison of the Efficacy of ketamine measuring the total consumption of morphine in pediatric patients with idiopathic scoliosis

Scoliosis is a disease that involves lateral and/or rotational deformity of the spine and can affect up to 4% of the population. Typically, surgery is considered when Cobb's angle, which is a measurement used for evaluation of curves in scoliosis on an anterior-posterior radiographic projection of the spine, is greater than 50 degrees in the thoracic region (40 degrees in the lumbar region) or when the curvature causes significant pain, or respiratory and cardiovascular restriction. Patient undergoing this surgical correction experience severe pain in the postoperative period and the management includes the use of opioid-based patient-controlled analgesia (PCA).

There has been much effort in recent years to better understand the causes of idiopathic scoliosis (IS). Some studies suggested muscle imbalance as a cause of scoliosis based on asymmetric muscular activation. Surface electromyography can evaluate asymmetrical muscular weakness. Therefore, the peak amplitude values can be used to compare the side to side differences in paraspinal muscles. From these findings the investigators improve the exercise method of IS according to muscle weakness and curve pattern.

The vertebral column is a structure that transfers the weight of the head and torso to the lower extremity, provides trunk movements and protects the spinal cord.A three dimensional deformity involving lateral flexion of the vertebrae in the frontal plane at 10 ° and above, including axial rotation and physiologic flexion (hypokyphosis) components in the sagittal plane, is defined as scoliosis. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a type of idiopathic scoliosis that occurs in the period from the onset of puberty (up to 10 years) until the closure of growth plates. Scoliosis is caused by postural, balance and neuromotor disorders as a primary cause of impaired sensory integrity, proprioceptive feedback deficits, secondary lung problems, organ disorders and pain. In addition, the quality of life in these individuals is also seen to decrease.Children with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis have inadequate respiratory function and a decrease in functional capacity. At the same time, these children show muscle weakness in certain parts of the body. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between home based core stabilization training, respiratory parameters, peripheral muscle strength, balance, functional capacity and quality of life in individuals with young scoliosis. The investigators suggest that the addition of core stabilization training to children with mild and moderate adolescent idiopathic scoliosis will produce good results.

This study was sponsored by Federal state budgetary institution "Russian scientific center for traumatology and orthopedics" n.a. acad. G.A. Ilizarov" of the Ministry of Health of Russian Federation. The study will take place at this center. It is expected to enroll 70 patients aged 6-25 years with NMD, all of whom will be subjected to thoracic and lumbar spinal deformity surgery. Patients will be divided into two groups depending on skeletal maturity. The degree of skeletal maturity will be determined on the basis of an X-ray study of spinal and pelvic bones. The type of surgical correction will depend on the group.

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) can change the respiratory dynamics and performance of the inspiratory and expiratory muscles, affecting ventilatory capacity. This was a randomized, controlled, open study to test the impact of a physiotherapeutic program of aerobic exercises on respiratory muscle strength, in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Patients with AIS were randomly assigned to the aerobic exercise-training program group or the no treatment group. There was a significant increase in Pimax and Pemax in the group which received physiotherapy.

In this study, patient groups in which normothermia is preserved by using multiple active warming methods in the intraoperative period in AIS surgery, followed by a single compressed air blowing system and allowed mild to moderate hypothermia were compared.