Side Shift and Hitch Exercises - Maruyama et al.

Side Shift and Hitch Exercises - Maruyama et al.

Study consisted of two groups of patients - 1) younger patients (average age 12.8 years) with part-time bracing supplemented with side-shift exercise and 2) older patients (average age 16.3) who used side-shift exercise after skeletal maturity.

Both groups were compared to the average rate of progression expected for such patients. In the first group, 28% of the curves progressed compared to 48% expected. In the second group, patients showed a decrease of 1 degree a year compared to an expected increase of .25 degrees a year.