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Table 1 descriptive data of the two samples of patients, mean values (Standard Deviation) and percentages

From: In favour of the definition "adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis": juvenile and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis braced after ten years of age, do not show different end results. SOSORT award winner 2014

 

Mean (SD) %

AISG

JISG

P

Baseline characteristics

Age

12.9 (1.4)

11.4 (1.2)

NS

 

Females

82.2%

88.8%

NS

 

Cobb degrees

32.6 (6.1)

32.7 (6.4)

NS

Exercises

PSSE: SEAS

62.2%

70.4%

NS

Brace type

Sibilla

37.8%

40.7%

NS

 

Sforzesco

60.0%

59.3%

 
 

Others

2.2%

0.0%

 

Curves type

Single

11.1%

7.4%

NS

 

Th

11,1%

7,4%

 
 

Double

84.4%

85.2%

 
 

Th + Lu

64,4%

74,1%

 
 

Th + TL

11,1%

7,4%

 
 

Other

8.9%

3.7%

 
 

Triple

4.4%

7.4%

 
  1. No significative differences were found between the two groups analyzed. SD: Standard Deviation; P: statistical significance; NS: Not Significant. PSSE: Physiotherapeutic Scoliosis Specific Exercises. Th: Thoracic; TL: Thoracolumbar; Lu: Lumbar.