From: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and spinal fusion do not substantially impact on postural balance
Outcome measure | Control group (n=18) | Single curve (n=18) | Double curve (n=6) | |||||
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Pre-operative | 3 months | 1 year | Pre-operative | 3 months | 1 year | p-value $ | ||
Reaching task | ||||||||
COP position (%) Anterior | 71.8 (9.5) | 66.5 (9.5) | 69.4 (10.0) | 67.4 (10.6) | 68.9 (5.3) | 68.6 (7.6) | 72.8 (7.1) | 0.10 |
COP position (%) Posterior* | 22.1 (6.2) | 33.0 (14.3) | 30.7 (16.4) | 32.4 (18.3) | 25.3 (7.3) | 22.0 (8.9) | 22.6 (3.8) | 0.006 |
COP position (%) Left* | 61.9 (9.8) | 52.6 (11.5) | 53.0 (13.8) | 49.5 (13.1) | 55.2 (6.4) | 59.5 (9.3) | 59.1 (5.8) | 0.009 |
COP position (%) Right* | 61.4 (9.4) | 49.7 (8.6) | 49.0 (17.2) | 49.3 (12.9) | 52.8 (8.7) | 56.4 (7.9) | 48.0 (22.7) | <0.001 |
Dynamic balance task | ||||||||
Score | 13.0 (1.6) | 13.1 (2.9) | 14.4 (3.0) | 14.5 (3.0) | 12.2 (4.3) | 12.2 (2.2) | 13.8 (3.7) | 0.89 |
Movement time (s) | 2.3 (0.3) | 2.3 (0.4) | 2.1 (0.4) | 2.1 (0.5) | 2.7 (1.4) | 2.5 (0.5) | 2.3 (0.7) | 0.50 |