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Improving Low Bone Mass With Vibration Therapy in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS)

NCT01108211 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 149

Last updated 2015-07-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a prospective randomized controlled trial investigating the effect of vibration therapy on bone mineral density (BMD) and bone quality in AIS subjects suffering from osteopenia (low bone mass).

Conditions

  • Scoliosis
  • Bone Diseases, Metabolic

Interventions

DEVICE

Vibration Platform

The patients receive treatment by standing on the Vibration Platform 20 minutes a day, five days a week. The platform will deliver a vibration of 0.3g with a vertical displacement of 0.085mm at 35 Hz.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tsz-ping Lam · Chinese University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • China

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