Telerehabilitation Support for Home Exercise in Mild AIS

NCT07260383 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: ZDT--2025
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 29
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a three-dimensional spinal deformity that affects postural alignment, function, and quality of life. Telerehabilitation has emerged as a promising approach to enhance accessibility and continuity of exercise-based treatment in AIS. This study aimed to compare the effects of telerehabilitation-supported home exercise programs with standard home exercises on posture, pain, body image, and quality of life in adolescents with mild AIS.

Conditions

Scoliosis Idiopathic; Telerehabilitation; Exercise

Keywords

scoliosis; telerehabilitation; Home-based exercise

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Newyork posture scale

  baseline and week 8

• Walter Reed Visual Assessment Scale

  Baseline and week 8

• cobb angle

  baseline

• visual analog scale

  baseline and week 8

• Scoliosis Research Society -22 (srs 22)

  baseline and week 8

Study Arms (2)

Home-based Exercise

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Procedure: home exercise

Telerehabilitation

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Procedure: telerehabilitation

Interventions

home exercise PROCEDURE

Self Scoliosis exercises. home exercises were shown to the control group and a form containing explanations and pictures of the exercises was shared with the patient in printed form. They are very common well known posture exercises including postural correction, strengthening and core stabilization. Participants were asked to apply the exercises at least three times a week and to record the day and duration of each exercise session in. an exercise diary. The researcher physiotherapist called these participants every two weeks to follow their compliance with the exercise program. At the end of the eight-week application period, the participants were invited back to the clinic and re-evaluated with the same evaluation methods.

Home-based Exercise

telerehabilitation PROCEDURE

Patient specific exercises with supervised telerehabilitation. Participants included in the study program group also had the same home exercise program given in the hospital. The exercises were same with the other group. In addition to these home exercises, the exercises were done online under the guidance of a physiotherapist once a week. An appointment was made for the first telerehabilitation session for the patients in the study group after the evaluation and the same exercise form was shared with this group. In the online sessions, whether the patient correctly applied the exercise program defined for him/her was monitored and checked online once a week

Telerehabilitation

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Health Sciences

Istanbul, 34668, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity; Scoliosis

Interventions

Telerehabilitation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Spinal Curvatures; Spinal Diseases; Bone Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Therapeutics; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services; Telemedicine; Delivery of Health Care; Patient Care Management; Health Services Administration

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 21, 2025
• First Posted: December 3, 2025
• Study Start: June 20, 2023
• Primary Completion: April 26, 2025
• Study Completion: September 13, 2025
• Last Updated: December 3, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)