Table 3 Analysis of patients in each group whose Cobb angles increased or decreased beyond the threshold of 5 degrees

Observation group

(Age and the variation value of Cobb angle)

The number of patients is nine (34.62% of 26 patients.)

The number of patients is zero

9 years old, 19° to 25°

9 years old, 19° to 25°

9 years old, 18° to 25°

8 years old, 18° to 24°

9 years old, 11° to 17°

7 years old, 11° to 18°

9 years old, 10° to 17°

9 years old, 11° to 17°

9 years old, 10° to 16°

PSSE group

(Age and the variation Value of Cobb angle)

The number of patients is one

The number of patients is sixteen (69.57% of 23 patients)

9 years old, 19° to 26°

7 years old, 16° to 0°

9 years old, 11° to 0°

9 years old, 16° to 5°

9 years old, 15° to 9°

8 years old, 17° to 3°

8 years old, 11° to 0°

9 years old, 15° to 4°

6 years old, 10° to 0°

9 years old, 10° to 0°

9 years old, 15° to 2°

9 years old, 10° to 2°

6 years old, 10° to 4°

8 years old, 16° to 10°

9 years old, 19° to 12°

7 years old, 18° to 10°

9 years old, 15° to 5°