Table 1.

Included scoliosis-specific exercise studies

Article	Exercise method	Patient number	Average patient age	Outcomes measured	Comparison group	Treatment length (days)
Schreiber et al. (2016) [26]	Schroth method	25	13.5	Cobb angles, ATR, SRS-22	Standard of care (n = 25)	180
Kuru et al. (2015)	Schroth method	15	13.0	Cobb angles, ATR, SRS-23	HEP (n = 15), no treatment (n = 15)	42
Zaina et al. (2009) [30]	SEAS	14	14 ± 1.0	Cobb angles, ATR	Supervised exercise group (n = 29)	980
Negrini et al. (2008) [31]	SEAS	35	14.3 ± 1.9	Cobb angles, ATR, # of braced patients	Standard of care (n = 39)	Not reported
Negrini et al. (2006; page 519) [29]	SEAS 2.0	40	13.3 ± 2.1	Cobb angles, ATR	Supervised exercise group (n = 70)	147
Negrini et al. (2006; page 523) [29]	SEAS 2.0	23	12.7 ± 2.2	Cobb angles, ATR	Supervised exercise group (n = 25)	364
Monticone et al. (2014) [16]	SEAS (self-correction)	52	12.5 ± 1.1	Cobb angles, ATR, SRS-22	Supervised exercise group (n = 51)	1638
Noh et al. (2014) [19]	SEAS (self-correction)	16	13.2	Cobb angles, SRS-22	Supervised exercise group (n = 16)	119

Abbreviations: HEP home exercise program, ATR axial trunk rotation, SEAS Scientific Exercise Approach to Scoliosis, SRS Scoliosis Research Society Questionnaire, VC vital capacity