Table 3.

Key aspects from the final paper selection

No.	Author	Year	Single/ulticentre	Study type	Level of evidence	Follow-up	Outcome measure	Sample size	Age (years)	Females	Intervention	Conclusion
1	Negrini	2008	Single	Prospective	II	1 year	Brace prescriptions/Cobb angle/ATR	74	12.4	52	SEAS	Pro exercise therapy
2	McIntire	2008	Single	Prospective	II	4–24 months	Curve reduction ? measurement	15	13.9 (10–16)	12	Trunk rotational strength (MedX)	Neutral
3	Weiss	2006	Single	Prospective	II	4 weeks	Formetric surface topography	36	15	36	Physio-logic exercises	Pro exercise therapy
4	Otman	2005	Single	Prospective	II	1 year	Cobb angle	50	14 .1 (11–17)	38	Schroth’s 3D exercise	Pro exercise therapy
5	Mooney	2003	Single	Prospective	II	Unknown	Curve reduction ? measurement	20	13.6 (11–17)	18	Torso rotation training (MedX)	Pro exercise therapy
6a	Weiss	2003	Multicentre	Prospective	II	35 months	Cobb angle	222	12	222	Scoliosis intensive rehabilitation	Pro exercise therapy
6b	Weiss	2002	Multicentre	Prospective	II	35 months	Cobb angle	222	12	222	Scoliosis intensive rehabilitation	Pro exercise therapy
7	Weiss	1997	Single	Prospective	II	33 months	Cobb angle	181	12.7	156	Schroth rehabilitation	Pro exercise therapy
8	El-Sayyad	1994	Single	Prospective	II	12 weeks	Moiré topography angle	10	11.8	6	Exercise	Pro exercise therapy
9	Weiss	1992	Single	Prospective	II	4–6 weeks	Cobb angle	107	21.6 (11–49)		Schroth rehabilitation	Pro exercise therapy
10	Mamyama	2002	Single	Retrospective	III	4.2 years	Cobb angle	69	16.3 (11–27)	62	Side shift exercise	Pro exercise therapy
11	Dobosiewicz	2002	Single	Retrospective	III	6 months	Cobb angle–no actual values	208	14.2 (6–19)	187	Dobosiewicz—asymmetric trunk mobilisation	Pro exercise therapy
12	Chromy	2006	Single	Case series	IV	4 months	Cobb angle	5	14–18	5	Axial spinal unloading—LTX 3000	Pro exercise therapy