Effectiveness of the complex treatment of idiopathic scoliosis in children and adolescents
The article assesses the effectiveness of the complex treatment of idiopathic scoliosis with corset therapy by Chenot method, by physical therapy and acupuncture in children and adolescents. 148 patients with idiopathic scoliosis of degree II -IV and with the deformation of their spine (angle of the main arcs from 19o to 89o) were taken into the study. The patients were assigned to the main group (n - 97) and to the control groups ( n- 51) according to the prescribed therapy. Radial diagnostics, questioning and electrophysiological examination have shown the effectiveness of corset therapy, physical exercise therapy and acupuncture for treating idiopathic scoliosis in children and adolescents. This complex of curative measures has a corrective and stabilizing effect on the scoliosis of degrees II-IV.