Table 1.

Analysis of all available included studies concerning the relationship between surgical correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and return to sport

Study	Study design	Patients (n.)	Mean age (yrs)	Average n. level fused	Mean follow-up (yrs)	Mean return to school (months)	Mean return to sport (months)
Fabricant et al. (2012) [7]	RS	42	15.1	9,9	5.5	–	7.4
Tarrant et al. (2014) [8]	PCS	77	15.04	12	1	2.5	18
Lonner et al. (2014) [9]	RS	38	14.2	9.5	1.5	–	6–12
Perkins et al. (2017) [10]	RS	41	–	–	–	2.5	15
Sarwahi et al. (2015) [11]	RS	82	16	12	–	3	6–12
Sarwahi et al. (2018) [12]	RS	95	15	11	2	1–6	7–12

N number, Yrs years, RTS return to sport