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Table 1 Characteristics of 8 study participants with idiopathic scoliosis

From: Video-game-assisted physiotherapeutic scoliosis-specific exercises for idiopathic scoliosis: case series and introduction of a new tool to increase motivation and precision of exercise performance

ID-No.

1

2

3

5

6

7

8

9

Mean

Median

Gender

f

f

f

f

f

f

f

f

  

Age at start of bracing [years.months]

9.3

5.11

6.7

6.6

12.4

12.5

13.5

11.8

9.9

10.6

Age at start of study [years.months]

13.2

10.2

7.8

10.6

13.11

13.10

13.11

13.10

10.7

13.6

Duration of bracing [years.months]

5.2

7.10

5.7

7.6

2.8

1.8

2.7

2.5

4.5

3.11

Increase in body height during bracing [cm]

34

40

38

50

18

12

10

14

27

26

Curve at start of bracing[°Cobb]

upper thoracic

18

4

22

22

n.a.

n.a.

10

16

15

17

lower thoracic/thoracolumbar

24

30

24

34

14

24

22

26

25

24

lumbar

16

22

16

18

34

32

20

22

23

21

Curve at end of bracing [°Cobb]

upper thoracic

26

8

30

44

n.a.

n.a.

8

14

22

20

lower thoracic/thoracolumbar

28

20

30

36

12

20

26

18

24

23

lumbar

24

12

12

30

24

20

24

10

20

22

Curve at start of study [°Cobb]a

upper thoracic

26

8

22

20

n.a.

n.a.

8

18

  

lower thoracic/thoracolumbar

10

16

26

10

16

16

20

18

  

lumbar

12

16

26

10

20

14

20

20

  

Curve at end of study [°Cobb]a

upper thoracic

22

10

20

14

n.a.

n.a.

8

20

  

lower thoracic/thoracolumbar

22

20

26

18

20

16

20

14

  

lumbar

26

14

22

12

22

20

16

10

  

Change of curve severity during the study [°Cobb]a

upper thoracic

-4

2

-2

-6

n.a.

n.a.

0

2

-1.3

-1

lower thoracic/thoracolumbar

12

4

0

8

4

0

0

-4

3

2

lumbar

14

-2

-4

2

2

6

-4

-10

0.5

0

Schroth curve type

4c

3c

3cp

3cp

4c

3c

4c

3c

  

r

r

r

r

l

l

l

r

  1. f female, n.a. not applicable, r right, l left, ameasured on radiograph with applied brace