Improving Low Bone Mass With Vibration Therapy in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS)

Scoliosis Clinical Trial

Official title: Improving Low Bone Mass With Vibration Therapy for Girls With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) - A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a prospective randomized controlled trial investigating the effect of vibration therapy on bone mineral density (BMD) and bone quality in AIS subjects suffering from osteopenia (low bone mass).

Clinical Trial Description

Scoliosis is a three-dimensional spinal deformity and AIS is the commonest with a high prevalence of 2-4 % in the general population. As many as 30% of AIS subjects also suffer from osteopenia which can persist and result in serious health problems later in life including vertebral collapse, fragility fractures, decreased quality of life and even mortality. In spite of this, a safe, effective and evidence-based treatment protocol for AIS-related osteopenia is not available. It remains uncertain how effective dietary advices, physical activity, Calcium and Vitamin D supplements are in this regard. On the other hand, low-magnitude high-frequency vibration therapy was shown to be effective in increasing bone mass both in animal models and in clinical trials involving elderly subjects. AIS-related osteopenia may have a different clinical behaviour. In addition, the in-vivo effect on bone quality has never been studied. We plan to carry out a scientific clinical study on the effect of vibration therapy on skeletally mature female AIS subjects with osteopenia. They are randomly allocated to either the treatment or the control group. BMD, bone micro-architectures are assessed to delineate whether vibration therapy has any therapeutic effect on improving low bone mass in osteopenic AIS subjects. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Bone Diseases
• Bone Diseases, Metabolic
• Metabolic Diseases
• Scoliosis

• NCT number: NCT01108211
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: January 2009
• Completion date: December 2011