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Assessment of the quality of movement for patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Goal of the work is to verify if there exists a significant difference in the quality of movement measured via VR technology between two groups of patients diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Grouping is made according to geographic regions ; Group 1 is from Zagreb, Group 2 from Vukovar. Hypothesis:there is no significant difference in the quality of movement between two groups of patients, as obtained through VR tests. The sample:each group is comprised of 5 patients with AIS diagnosis, between the ages of 12-18, of both genders. The patients have a double scoliotic curve with Cobb value between 37 and 46 degrees, and are being treated with classical physiotherapeuthic methods for AIS, at clinics in Zagreb and Vukovar. Methodology:VR tests for estimating the quality of movement are a part of the SYDACK system constructed at the Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, as described in the dissertation „VR in physiotherapy of patients withAIS“ (Filipović, 2011).SYDACK is an original Croatian product, containing 4 VR testsfor evaluating the quality of movement: diagonal sliding to the right, diagonal sliding to the left, sliding and hip elevation. Results are analyzed via a t-test for small independent samples. In93.75% cases there is no significant difference between results of the two groups, asobtained by all 4 VR tests.The analysis shows there is no geographical dependencein the quality of motion with AIS, which confirms the initial hypothesis.

SYDACK ; assessment ; AIS

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