Beneficial effects of aerobic training in adolescent patients with moderate idiopathic scoliosis

Abstract

Our results suggest that physical activity should be encouraged in scoliotic girls with mild curvatures.

Thoracic changes and exercise capacity in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

“…In our study, both the control group and the AIS group presented R values greater than one, indicating that the test was adequate to evaluate exercise capacity. However, in comparison with healthy individuals, AIS patients had a lower R value, which was similar to that observed in a previous study [22].…”

“…In our study, we observed that AIS patients had a decrease in VO2, VO2kg, VE and VT when compared to the control group, as observed in previous studies that also used an incremental exercise protocol [11,12,20,22]. The peak of oxygen consumption is an important indicator of an individual's exercise capacity [23].…”

“…The Cobb angle also correlated inversely with respiratory rate, which differs from previous studies [1,5,12,20,22]. In general, a higher value of RR in AIS individuals during intense exercise denotes an attempt to increase VE after failure to increase VT due to the physical and pulmonary limitations caused by the deformity [24].…”

“…In a previous study that performed a physical training protocol, an increase in R was observed in the scoliosis group after training [22]. This shows that in this population a lower value of R is also associated with physical deconditioning.…”

“…A lower HR at the peak of exercise in AIS patients compared to healthy subjects was observed in studies that analyzed responses to an incremental test [12,22]. This occurs because in AIS patients the interruption of exercise occurs before the maximum HR is reached, so the exercise limitation occurs due to other reasons and not for cardiovascular impairment.…”