Physical Therapy as a Treatment for Female Adolescents With Idiopathic Scoliosis
School Name
Chapin High School
Grade Level
11th Grade
Presentation Topic
Physiology and Health
Presentation Type
Non-Mentored
Abstract
This project has a goal of seeing the effect of doctor recommended exercises on the pain of female adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis. Annually, there are 3 million new cases of scoliosis in the United States, ranging in severity, with primarily females having scoliosis (Sponseller, 2019). There are many ways to treat scoliosis to avoid having to get surgery, and one of those options is doing doctor recommended exercises. Exercises are meant for those with mild scoliosis, which is who this exercises will examine. There are other similar studies which examine the effect of physical exercises, but no other studies look at the specific group that I examine, which are high school aged females with idiopathic scoliosis. This project was conducted by having a group of 5 girls do doctor recommended exercises daily for 6 weeks, with the intention of lessening their pain. I sent out surveys weekly asking if they currently have pain and asked how frequently they experienced it. After sending out 6 weekly surveys, there has been a decrease in the amount of pain they experienced daily. Some went from experiencing pain a few times daily to experiencing it from time to time. The results also depended on how frequently that week they did their exercises, and the ones who only did them a few times a week showed less change in pain. This demonstrates how when doing these exercises has decreased the back pain of many female adolescents who participated, showing the effectiveness of these exercises daily.
Recommended Citation
Stegmaier, Grace, "Physical Therapy as a Treatment for Female Adolescents With Idiopathic Scoliosis" (2020). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 265.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2020/all/265
Location
Furman Hall 209
Start Date
3-28-2020 11:45 AM
Presentation Format
Oral and Written
Group Project
No
Physical Therapy as a Treatment for Female Adolescents With Idiopathic Scoliosis
Furman Hall 209
This project has a goal of seeing the effect of doctor recommended exercises on the pain of female adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis. Annually, there are 3 million new cases of scoliosis in the United States, ranging in severity, with primarily females having scoliosis (Sponseller, 2019). There are many ways to treat scoliosis to avoid having to get surgery, and one of those options is doing doctor recommended exercises. Exercises are meant for those with mild scoliosis, which is who this exercises will examine. There are other similar studies which examine the effect of physical exercises, but no other studies look at the specific group that I examine, which are high school aged females with idiopathic scoliosis. This project was conducted by having a group of 5 girls do doctor recommended exercises daily for 6 weeks, with the intention of lessening their pain. I sent out surveys weekly asking if they currently have pain and asked how frequently they experienced it. After sending out 6 weekly surveys, there has been a decrease in the amount of pain they experienced daily. Some went from experiencing pain a few times daily to experiencing it from time to time. The results also depended on how frequently that week they did their exercises, and the ones who only did them a few times a week showed less change in pain. This demonstrates how when doing these exercises has decreased the back pain of many female adolescents who participated, showing the effectiveness of these exercises daily.
