Game based physiotherapy for evidence based practice in children with juvenile idiopathic scoliosis

Methods Software and interfaces of a 3D input device were used to detect and measure smallest movements within a game scenario. To maintain motivation three different games were used. The study group were 20 children between 9 and 13 years old, with the diagnosis JIS (Cobb curve of 23° +/4°, bracing with Chêneau-braces). The children exercised six months according to the Schroth concept; two standardized exercises of this concept were carried out guided by the computer program. Data was recorded for each patient regarding exercises time and scores, exercise fault rates, stability, and mobility scores and selfefficacy scores. Correlations were calculated between different variables. Results Considering the changes of faults over time, it can be seen that the variable date had a highly-significant negative influence on mistakes in the x, y and zdirection. (P-value: 0.004978)