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- Title
Postural Stability in Adolescent Girls with Progressive Idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Authors
Wiernicka, Marzena; Kotwicki, Tomasz; Kamińska, Ewa; Łochyński, Dawid; Kozinoga, Mateusz; Lewandowski, Jacek; Kocur, Piotr
- Abstract
The aim of this work was to analyze postural stability of girls having progressive form of idiopathic scoliosis and undergoing specific period of the adolescent growth spurt. Twenty-seven girls, aged 13.4 ± 1.2 years, presenting structural idiopathic scoliosis, thoracic or thoracolumbar pattern, radiological Cobb angle 41.7 ± 17.4° (study group) and 37 healthy girls (control group) were included. The groups were sex, age, height, weight, and BMI matched. Postural stability examination was performed using two stabilometric platforms with visual control (eyes open) at three stages: (1) both legs' stance, (2) left leg stance, and (3) right leg stance. The Center of Pressure (COP) sway path length, the area and the displacement amplitude were compared. For the double stance, no difference in postural stability parameters between the groups was found. However, for the right leg stance, the total sway path length was longer (p = 0.04) and the mean amplitude of the lateral COP displacement was increased (p = 0.03) in the scoliotic group. In conclusion, for double stance, the adolescent girls with progressive form of idiopathic scoliosis revealed fair postural stability compared to control group. An impaired postural control was observed during right leg stance.
- Subjects
LEG physiology; AGE distribution; BODY weight; POSTURAL balance; EYE movements; LUMBAR vertebrae; SEX distribution; STATURE; THORACIC vertebrae; BODY mass index; ADOLESCENT idiopathic scoliosis
- Publication
BioMed Research International, 2019, p1
- ISSN
2314-6133
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2019/7103546