Comparison of respiratory muscles activity and exercise capacity in patients with idiopathic scoliosis and healthy individuals.

Conclusions: Scoliosis causes respiratory muscle weakness and reduced fatigue duration in response to mild physical activity compared with healthy subjects and these dysfunctions appear to be related to the severity of scoliosis curvature (moderate > mild). PMID: 25051355 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25051355?dopt=Abstract

Source: Physiotherapy Theory and Practice - July 22, 2014 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Mohammadi P, Akbari M, Sarrafzadeh J, Moradi Z Tags: Physiother Theory Pract Source Type: research