Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare the Effect of Schroth Exercises to Standard Care on Curve Characteristics, Posture, and Quality Of Life in Adolescents With Idiopathic Scoliosis
Brief Summary: The primary aim of this multicenter randomized controlled trial is to compare the effect of a 6 month "Schroth exercise program combined with standard-of-care" to "standard-of-care alone" on scoliosis curve severity measured using the Cobb angle.

Secondary aims include:

1. To determine the effect of Schroth exercises at 6 months on secondary outcomes including quality-of-life, spinal appearance, objective posture and spinal muscle endurance measurements.
2. To determine the efficacy of 6 months of Schroth therapy offered to control participants after completing 6 months in the standard-of care group (using subjects as their own controls)
3. To determine if the effects of the 6 months supervised Schroth exercise program can be maintained after supervised therapy is terminated.

At Hopital Ste-Justine, the following secondary aims will be pursued to examine the preliminary evidence about the effect of Global Postural Re-education (to satisfy the local ethics committee request because Global Postural Re-education exercises were offered routinely to patients at that institution prior to the trial).

A. To compare the effect and to quantify the treatment effect sizes of 6 months of "Global Postural Re-education exercises with North American standard Care consisting of only observation and bracing" to "Schroth exercises combined with North American standard care" and to "North American standard care alone" on scoliosis curve severity measured using the Cobb angle.

B. To estimate the effect and quantify the treatment effect sizes of 6 months of "Global Postural Re-education exercises with North American standard Care" to "Schroth exercises combined with North American standard care" and to "North American standard care alone" on outcomes including quality-of-life, perceived spinal appearance, objective posture and spinal muscle endurance measurements.

C. To determine if the effects of "Global Postural Re-education exercises with North American standard Care" can be maintained after discontinuing supervision.

D. To estimate the feasibility of conducting a randomized trial focused on Global Postural Re-education exercises by quantifying enrollment rates, attendance at scheduled exercise sessions and compliance with the home exercises prescribed.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Having a diagnosis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis,
* A Cobb angle of 10 to 30 degrees
* Having Lenke type 1 curve
* No other treatment which might affect scoliosis

Exclusion Criteria:

* Non-idiopathic scoliosis
* Prescribed brace
* Surgical correction history
* Who were unable to participate in the supervised sessions,or those who refused to follow treatment were excluded.
* Contraindications to exercise -Accompanying mental problems, neurological- muscular or rheumatic diseases,
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of AIS
* Skeletally immature (Risser grade 0, 1, or 2)
* Pre-menarchal or post-menarchal by no more than 1 year
* Primary Cobb angle between 20 and 40 degrees
* Curve apex caudal to T7 vertebrae
* Physical and mental ability to adhere to bracing protocol
* Ability to read and understand English, Spanish, or French
* Documented insurance coverage and/or personal willingness to pay for treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of other musculoskeletal or developmental illness that might be responsible for the spinal curvature
* History of previous surgical or orthotic treatment for AIS
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis diagnosis

Exclusion Criteria:

* Documented diagnosis any of cardiopulmonary, neurological, orthopedic or mental disorders which may affect the assessments results.
* Subjects previously undertaken any of spinal surgeries.
* Subjects involved in exercise training 3 or more days a week.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
* Females
* 10° to 45° according to Cobb (scoliosis curve)
* with or without a brace
* ability to travel weekly to our lab
* skeletal maturity measured by Risser (0-3)

Exclusion Criteria:

* other type of scoliosis
* patients with curves \> 50°
* surgical candidates
* patients who have had a corrective spinal surgery
* out-of town candidates, without possibility to travel to our lab

Answer: D