Yoga in the Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic and Degenerative Scoliosis

Study Purpose

The effect of two isometric exercises is measured on Cobb angles from films taken 4-10 months apart.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms	Yes
Study Type An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes. An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes. Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.	Interventional
Eligible Ages	6 Years and Over
Gender	All

More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Scoliosis - Willingness to do pose at least once daily for 4 -10 months - Willingness to have a second X-ray 4-10 months after starting to do pose

Exclusion Criteria:

- Neuromuscular disease - Previous Spinal surgery - Pregnancy

Trial Details

Trial ID: This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.	NCT03110965
Phase Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans. Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data. Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs. Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.	N/A
Lead Sponsor The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.	Manhattan Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, LLP
Principal Investigator The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.	Loren M Fishman, MD
Principal Investigator Affiliation	Columbia Medical School
Agency Class Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.	Other
Overall Status	Recruiting
Countries	United States
Conditions The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.	Scoliosis, Scoliosis Idiopathic

Additional Details

We obtained baseline Cobb angles on simple and complex curves, and collected previous, earlier studies of each adolescent idiopathic and degenerative scoliosis patient. We then taught them to do the side-plank pose with the convex side of lumbar and thoracolumbar scoliotic curves downward, and a slightly altered version of the the half moon pose of yoga with the convex side of thoracic and cervicothoracic curves downward. The half moon pose was altered in that a belt was looped around the horizontal leg's foot, and held in a vertically extended upper arm's hand, and pulled tightly in that vertical position. Each pose was held as long as the patient could at least once daily. Cobb angles were again measured in films taken 4-10 months later.

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New York City, New York

Status

Recruiting

Address

Manhattan Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

New York City, New York, 10022

Site Contact

Katie Cameron, BA

[email protected]

212-472-0077

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