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Table 3 Rehabilitation program

From: Effect of chiropractic and lumbar exercise program on lumbar muscle strength and Cobb's angle in patients with scoliosis for u-Healthcare

Treatments

 

Forms

Frequency

Set

Treatment time

Lumbar exercise program

Warm upa

Stationary bicycle

3/week

1

5 min

Stretchingb

Static/dynamic stretching (iliopsoas m/piriformis m /hamstring m/trunk twist)

3/week

5 to 10 s/5 times

10 min

Main exercise

Dumbbell side bending exercise

3/week

5 times (10-s hold)/3sets

20 min

Thoracic lateral flexion exercise

   

Trunk extension exercise

Scapula stabilizing exercise

Lumbar stabilizing exercise

Cool downa

Stationary bicycle

3/week

1

5 min

Chiropractic

 

Cervical spine lateral correction (left and right)

3/week

1

10 min

Thoracic spine rotation correction in sitting

Lumbar spine rotation correction in supine

  

Pelvic, prone, and posteroinferior correction

   
  1. aSaddle height at anterior superior iliac spine, knee flexion kept at 5° to10°, 50 W, 60 rpm. bStretching within painless and no-hyperflexion ranges.