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The Idiopathic Scoliosis and Its Treatment (Orthopaedic and Surgery): Effect of the Severity, the Orthosis and the Arthrodesis on the Gait

NCT00842218 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2009-02-12

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Summary

The purposes of this study were as follows: 1) to compare locomotion parameters (kinematic, EMG, mechanical work and energy cost changes during walking in able-bodied subjects and AIS patients,2) to evaluate the effects of the frontal curve's severity of the AIS and 3) the effects of the treatment (orthosis or surgery)on these gait parameters.

Conditions

  • Scoliosis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mahaudens Philippe, Mr · Université Catholique de Louvain

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-31
Primary Completion
2009-04-30
Completion
2009-09-30

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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