NCT05669859

Efficacy of Postoperative Telerehabilitation in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Completed NA Last updated 2 October 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Exercise in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis in 32 participants. Completed in 17 June 2023.

Timeline

17 September 2021

Primary endpoint
17 March 2023

17 June 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Halic University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	32
Start date	17 September 2021
Primary completion	17 March 2023
Estimated completion	17 June 2023
Sites	2 locations across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

• Exercise

Conditions studied

• Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis — all drugs for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis →

Sponsor

Halic University

Who can join

9 and older, any sex, with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

In this study, it is aimed to reveal the effects of Tele-Rehabilitation (TR) program, which is designed for the needs of individuals with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) who will undergo scoliosis surgery and will be carried out remotely, on pain, trunk endurance, spine flexibility, functional capacity, body appearance perception and quality of life. is intended. With this study, it is aimed to bring evidence-based data on the content of the online rehabilitation program, which can be remotely supervised in the post-surgical period, and the effectiveness and applicability of the applications to the literature.

The study was carried out by Emsey Hospital - Advanced Spine Surgery Unit and Prof. Dr. It is planned with at least 34 individuals with AIS who were treated with Posterior Fusion and Instrumentation technique by an orthopedic specialist at Süleyman Yalçın City Hospital. In the randomized controlled design, experimental type planned study, individuals with a minimum of six months and a maximum of two years after surgery will be divided into two groups as the telerehabilitation group and the control group. Individuals in the telerehabilitation group will be included in the Telerehabilitation program, which is planned as two sessions a week, one to one and a half hours, for eight weeks, via remote online video conferencing method. The control group will not be included in any post-surgery rehabilitation program as it is routinely.

In the study, pain intensity was determined with the "Numerical Rating Scale", body appearance perception with the "Scoliosis Appearance Questionnaire", quality of life with the "SRS-30 Scoliosis Patient Questionnaire", trunk muscle endurance with "position maintenance tests", flexibility of the spine with "Forward Reaching and Side Bending Tests", exercise capacity will be evaluated with the "Six Minute Walking Test". Evaluation of all cases included in the study was planned at two separate times with 8-week intervals. In the analysis of the data, continuous variables will be given as mean ± standard deviation, qualitative variables as number and percentage (%); statistical tests will be determined according to the distribution of the data, and the significance will be taken as p≤0.05 in all measurements.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Telerehabilitation After Surgery in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
   Çetinkaya İ, Kuru Çolak T, Korkmaz MF, Aydoğan M. · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 40868679 · DOI 10.3390/healthcare13162063