Yoga in the Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic and Degenerative Scoliosis

NCT ID: NCT03110965

Last Updated: 2022-08-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 100 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2019-01-01

Brief Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Conditions

Scoliosis; Scoliosis Idiopathic

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Experimental arm

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.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Yoga poses

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Patients are asked to perform one or two yoga poses daily for 4-10 months

Interventions

Yoga poses

Patients are asked to perform one or two yoga poses daily for 4-10 months

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 6 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 105 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Manhattan Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, LLP

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Loren M. Fishman,MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Loren M Fishman, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Columbia Medical School

Locations

Manhattan Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

New York, New York, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

MANHATTANPMR

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id