Open AccessTHE EFFECTS OF DYNAMIC NEUROMUSCULAR STABILITY EXERCISE ON THE SCOLIOSIS AND PAIN CONTROL IN THE YOUTH BASEBALL PLAYERS
Author(s) -
Ilbong Park,
Chanhee Park,
Dong Kyu Kim,
Youngjoo Cha
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of mechanics in medicine and biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1793-6810
pISSN - 0219-5194
DOI - 10.1142/s0219519421400303
Subject(s) - scoliosis , core stability , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , kinematics , visual analogue scale , cobb angle , repeated measures design , mixed design analysis of variance , analysis of variance , core (optical fiber) , mathematics , surgery , computer science , telecommunications , statistics , physics , classical mechanics
While the presence of dynamic neuromuscular stabilization (DNS) has been provided as an important component of the integrated spinal stabilization and associated abdominal stabilization prior to dynamic movement, no previous study has investigated the spinal mechanical effects scoliosis and pain control in youth baseball player with scoliosis. This study compared the effects of gymball exercise, with and without DNS core stability exercise, on spine kinematics and pain control in youth baseball player with scoliosis. A total of 28 participants with scoliosis were randomized into gymball exercise, with and without DNS core stability exercise. Clinical outcomes included the Cobb’s angle and visual analog scale (VAS). Two-way repeated analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted at p < 0.05. Two-way repeated ANOVA showed that gymball with DNS showed superior effects, compared to gymball without DNS, on Cobb’s angle (P < 0.001), but not on VAS (P < 0.837). Our results provide novel, promising clinical evidence that DNS improved scoliosis kinematics as well as pain control in youth baseball player with scoliosis.