The Effect of Back Muscles Activation on Idiopathic Scoliosis Using Surface Electromyography

The Effect of Back Muscles Activation on Idiopathic Scoliosis Using Surface Electromyography

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of back muscle activations on idiopathic scoliosis

• Design: Prospective study
• Setting: hospital rehabilitation department
• Intervention: Participants were asked to walk with a surface electromyography(EMG) attached to their back muscles. After repeating the same process with different leg lengths discrepancy (0cm, 0.5cm, 1cm), participants are compared the main outcome measures.
• Main outcome measures: surface electromyography(EMG)

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy children (5 to 12 years old)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with leg length discrepancy over 0.5cm
• Children complaining of acute low back pain
• Children with spinal scoliosis
• Children with cerebral palsy, muscle paralysis, polio, congenital spinal abnormalities
• Children who underwent spinal surgery