Correlation between physical activity and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The multifactorial aetiology of scoliosis is well known. Physical activity is considered both a treatment and causative factor for idiopathic scoliosis; however, evidence for a causal relationship between physical activity levels and idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents is conflicting. Therefore, we aimed to summarise the current evidence regarding the association between adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and physical activity and further to assess whether the relationship is dose dependent.

Methods

PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were searched from 1991 to July 2022 using the following main keywords: adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, physical activity, and risk factors, supplemented with manual searches, secondary citations, and reference searc

SUBMITTER: Qi X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10729348 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature