Originally posted by Pooka1
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A follow-up cohort (34 patients) had also done well a year after starting the exercise program. Of the 34, 19 had decreased their curve more than 5 degrees, and the remainder had stayed the same. Noone had progressed. Note that these are all adult patients who are showing pretty significant decreases - for example, a 53 year old patient whose curve went from 68T, 45L to 58T, 39L.
I just wanted to set the context, because my quote in your post makes it sound like I never heard from them about the follow-up. So, yes, I heard from them and they've shown (in a case study with two years worth of follow-up and then in a cohort study with one year's worth of follow-up) that adults can both hold and reduce a curve with minimal targeted exercise. Which is a pretty stupendous result.
So, having set that context, no, I didn't send them a follow-up email to ask about continued studies because I was satisfied with the first follow-up. For me, it answered the question of whether one could design an exercise program which would hold (and might even reduce) a significant curve in an adult patient, having shown a reduction which was maintained with exercise for two years in the initial patient and reductions and/or maintainance for one year in the follow-up cohort.
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