Kinematics and Kinetics Differences between Female Runners with and without Scoliosis

The differences in running kinematics and kinetics were compared between two groupsof recreational runners, with scoliosis and without scoliosis. Six females participated in the study, three runners in each group. Lumbar spine, pelvic and lower extremity kinematics, andlumbar erector spinae muscle activity were measured during running on a treadmill. In addition, static vertical ground reaction force (VGRF) was collected.The averaged data were compared between the scoliosis and non-scoliosis groups. No significance differences were found between groups, likely due to the small sample size. However, subjects without scoliosis demonstrated greater differences between sides inpeak EMG, pelvic tilt and rotation, and smaller differences in static VGRF and pelvic obliquitycompared to scoliosis subjects.