International Medical Research Frontier

Objective To quantify the clinical effect of myoelectric biofeedback (EMG) in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) using visual digital suspension system. Methods 60 children with AIS admitted to Qinghai Women and Childrens Hospital from June 2023 to May 2024 were selected. Among them, 30 patients in the observation group received EMG+ Schroth exercise therapy, while 30 patients in the control group received only traditional Schroth exercise therapy, both of which were given 80min/ day, QD, a total of two courses (each course of 4 weeks). Trunk rotation Angle (ATR), cobb Angle and coronal thorax trunk deviation were compared between the two groups in the first course and the second course. Results that there were no significant differences in trunk rotation Angle (ATR), cobb Angle and coronal thorax trunk deviation between the two groups (P > 0.05). However, in the first course and the second course of treatment, the above indexes were significantly improved between the two groups (P < 0.05), and the effect of the observation group was better than that of the control group (P < 0.05). Conclusion Myoelectric biofeedback combined with traditional Schroth exercise therapy has a significant clinical effect in AIS.

Visual digital suspension system; Idiopathic scoliosis; Myoelectric biofeedback