The relationship between kinesiophobia and physical activity in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients with cheneau brace at early and late stage

We included 60 individuals who aged between 10 and 16 years old are followed by Formed Orthosis and Prothesis Center to investigate the kinesiophobia and physical activity level and detect the relationship between these factors depending on the duration of brace treatment in individuals with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS). Participants were divided into two groups: early stage; the individuals who were under brace treatment for 1-4 months named as Group 1 and late stage; the individuals who were under brace treatmentfor8-18 months named as Group 2. Tampa Kinesiophobia Questionnaire, International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF) and the scoliosis evaluation form created by ourselves thatcontains Walter Reed Visual Assessment Scale (WRVAS) was performed for evaluating the perceived body image. It also contains clinical parameters too.Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Windows Version 22.0 was used for analyzing the variables. Significant level was accepted with the p value of less than 0,05 (p<0,05).A significant difference was found in IPAQscore between the groups (p<0,05).There was a statistically significant difference between groups in the Tampa Score. (p<0,05).There was no significant difference in perceived body image between groups. (p>0,05). A relationship was foundin Group 1 between the monthly in-brace time and Tampa score. (p<0,05) In addition; there was also a relationship in Group 1 between the daily in-brace time and Tampa score (p<0,05). The relationship was found in Group 1 between the IPAQ score and Kinesiophobia-Tampa score (p<0,05) even so no relationshipin Group 2 was found between them(p>0,05).Considering all of these, it is found that with the increasing duration of brace treatment, physical activity level decreases. In addition, kinesiophobia level rises with the duration of daily and monthly in-brace time in the patients who are at the early stage of their brace treatment and kinesiophobia level is in relationship with decreased physical activity level in these patients. Key Words:Scoliosis, Physical Activity, Kinesiophobia