Evaluation attempt of own body sensing amongst persons with and without scoliosis

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a common structural spine deformity affecting 2%–4% of adolescents. Due to the unknown cause of idiopathic scoliosis, its therapy is a long-term and often unsatisfactory process. In the literature, it is often suggested that problems related to the feeling of one’s own body are caused by AIS.

OBJECTIVE:

The aim of this study was to assess the feeling of one’s own body among children with and without scoliosis on the example of feeling the head position, pelvis shape and balance.

METHOD:

The research included 62 children: 30 with scoliosis and 25 without diagnosed scoliosis with an age range between 11 to 19 years. The minimum scoliosis value was 7 ${}^{\circ }$ and the maximum was 53 ${}^{\circ }$ . The average value was 25 ${}^{\circ }$ . During the study, three functional tests were used: Cervical Joint Position Error Test (CJPET), Clinical Test of Sensory Integration on Balance (CTSIB) and Body proportion demonstration test (BPDT).

RESULTS:

The results of the tests showed statistically significant differences (CJPET $p=$ 3.54 ${}^{*}$ 10 ${}^{-14}$ , CTSIB $p=$ 0.0376, BPDT $p=$ 0.0127). However, none of the studies showed a correlation between the results of people with scoliosis and the value of their Cobb angles.