Comparison of the compliance and treatment outcomes of individual and group exercises performed by the patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR2500110814

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2025-10-21

Start date

2023-03-25

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-27

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Conditions

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS)

Interventions

Individual exercise (IE) program:For the monthly supervised exercise, the patients in the individual exercise group will have one-to-one exercise sessions, which means one patient with one physiothera

Group exercise (GE) program:Three to four patients will be randomly assigned to a group. Within the mobile application, they were placed into peer groups that enabled observation of each other’s exerc

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients are newly diagnosed with AIS and have no previous treatment; 2. Primary curve of 20 – 40 degrees; 3. Risser sign of 0–2; 4. Prescribed spinal orthosis in our clinic.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Subjects with diagnoses other than AIS; 2. Contraindications to exercise; 3. Subjects have received prior treatment for AIS; 4. Concern or doubt about treatment.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Cobb angle;	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Exercise compliance;Brace wearing compliance;Quality of Life;Spine flexibility and mobility;Trunk muscle endurance;Ultrasound angle;Angle of trunk rotation;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactWong Man Sang

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

m.s.wong@polyu.edu.hk+852 2766 7680

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026