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Efficacy of artificial intelligence-based digital therapeutics versus traditional Schroth exercises for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: protocol for a randomised controlled trial
25 May 20264 min read0 viewsJournal Feed
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- Introduction Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) requires long-term conservative management to prevent curve progression. While physiotherapeutic scoliosis-specific exercises, specifically the Schroth method, are considered the gold standard for conservative treatment, their clinical efficacy is often limited by accessibility barriers, high costs and suboptimal treatment adherence.
- This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a novel artificial intelligence (AI)-based digital therapeutic system, which uses computer vision for remote, personalised posture analysis and adaptive exercise prescription compared with traditional outpatient Schroth therapy. Methods and analysis This parallel-group randomised controlled trial will be conducted at Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center (Guangzhou, China).
- 300 adolescents aged 10 - 18 years with AIS who present with a Cobb angle between 10° and 30° and a Risser sign of 0 - 2 will be recruited and randomised in a 1:1 ratio into an intervention group and a control group. The intervention group will use a smartphone application to capture standardised bi-weekly images.
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25 May 2026
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25 May 2026