Treatment of Idiopathic Scoliosis by Orthosis Combinated with Orthopedic Gymnastics

Objective:To investigate the efficacy of spinal orthosis combinated with orthopedic gymnastics in treating patients with idiopathic scoliosis.Methods:Achieving the target of muscle contraction on the convex side and muscle extension on the concave side,forty sick children with idiopathic scoliosis have worn the spinal orthosis for 23 h every day,and done the orthopedic gymnastics for 30 min every time,once or twice a day.During the treatment,X-ray was taken periodically to measure Cobb angle.Results:After one year,there were 33 sick children who kept wearing the orthosis and doing the orthopedic gymnastics.Their Cobb angle of the thoracic and lumbar curve have been significantly reduced after the treatment(P0.05).Patients with single curve idiopathic scoliosis got more improvements than double curves(P0.05).Conclusion:Orthosis combined with orthopedic gymnastics which can rectify deformity of scolisis was an effective treatment for patients with idiopathic scoliosis.