Effectiveness of Exercises in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of spinal stabilization and body awareness in addition to brace wearing versus classical exercises on subjective verticality perception, trunk symmetry and quality of life in AIS. Study included 30 AIS patients between the ages of 14.40±201 years (stabilization group), 14.2±2 years (Body awareness) and 13.60±1.65 (classical). Cobb angles, rotation, subjective visual (SVV), postural (SPV) and haptic (SHV) and deformity perception, quality of life were assessed at baseline and after 10th week of treatment. Cobb angle decreased in stabilization and awareness groups. Rotation decreased in three groups. SVV improved in all groups. SPV and SHV, body asymmetry and cosmetic deformity improved in stabilization and awareness groups. Only function improved with stabilization treatment. Stabilization and body awareness exercises created positive changes in AIS.