title: Beneficial effects of aerobic training in adolescent patients with moderate idiopathic scoliosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The major aim of this study was to determine whether after 6 weeks of aerobic training adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) girls who suffer from mild scoliotic curvatures (n = 6) behaved in a similar way than healthy controls (n = 6) in different biochemical, anthropometric, and cardio respiratory parameters.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The maximal power output and the power output achieved at the anaerobic threshold (AT), during the maximal exercise test, were significantly increased in both experimental groups, when compared with resting conditions. The training program caused significant changes in body composition (i.e., a decrease in body fat %) only in the scoliotic group. Regarding the cardio respiratory measurements, VO(2max) was increased by 17% in AIS group and 10% in the healthy group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that physical activity should be encouraged in scoliotic girls with mild curvatures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital University La Fe, Valencia, Spain. palobasher@gmail.com
authors.forename: Paloma
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bas
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romagnoli
authors.forename: Mari-Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gomez-Cabrera
authors.forename: Jose Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bas
authors.forename: Javier Villar
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Aura
authors.forename: Nuria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bas
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology; D000293:Adolescent; D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013147:Spirometry / Q000379:methods