Influence of intensive movement rehabilitation in scout camps on ventilatory parameters of the respiratory tract in children with mild idiopathic scoliosis from highly polluted areas.

In 42 children with mild idiopathic scoliosis I degrees (spinal curvature less than 30 degrees), and in the control--14 healthy children (camp I) as well as in 19 children with idiopathic scoliosis spending time in a camp for the second time (camp II) ventilatory lung parameters: vital capacity--VC, maximal forced expiratory volume one sec.--FEV1 and FEV1%FVC were determined. Tests were carried out with use of Vitalograph before and after four-week rehabilitation camp. When the mean values of spirometric parameters were compared between the two groups of children (camp I) before and after the camp, statistically significant values were not observed. Simultaneously, in children staying in the camp second time around (camp II), when the mean values of spirometric parameters were correlated between the two camps aswell as before and after the second camp, statistically significant increased values of parameters were observed. Leaving Silesia, an area with high air pollution is one of the major tasks of Scout Health Camps for children with idiopathic scoliosis.