ArticleScoliosis2012
Team care to cure adolescents with braces (avoiding low quality of life, pain and bad compliance): a case-control retrospective study. 2011 SOSORT Award winner.
Article in Scoliosis, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Which interventions may improve bracing compliance in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis? A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Patient-Reported and Technology-Assisted Monitoring in Orthotic Management of Adolescents With Idiopathic Scoliosis: Scoping Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators of brace compliance in adolescents with spinal deformities: a qualitative study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- SCaRES - scoliosis caregiver response and emotional scale: a Rasch-validated questionnaire to measure the psychological impact of children's scoliosis on their parents.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025Article
- Enhancing Orthotic Treatment for Scoliosis: Development of Body Pressure Mapping Knitwear with Integrated FBG Sensors.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Application of Integrated Force and Temperature Sensors to Enhance Orthotic Treatment Monitoring in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Pilot Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Quality of life in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: A cross-sectional comparison.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2025Article
- Scoliosis Bracing: Details Make the Difference.Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America · 2023Review
- The effectiveness of scoliosis treatment is not a matter of the type of brace.North American Spine Society journal · 2023Article
- Bracing Interventions Can Help Adolescents with Idiopathic Scoliosis with Surgical Indication: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Development of a model of interprofessional support interventions to enhance brace adherence in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: a qualitative study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- The classification of scoliosis braces developed by SOSORT with SRS, ISPO, and POSNA and approved by ESPRM.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2022Review
- Novel questionnaire to enhance brace wear adherence in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and the relationship of the quality of life.Orthopedic reviews · 2021Article
- 3D-printed brace in the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a study protocol of a prospective randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Bracing In The Treatment Of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Evidence To Date.Adolescent health, medicine and therapeutics · 2019Article
- Consistent and regular daily wearing improve bracing results: a case-control study.Scoliosis and spinal disorders · 2018Article
- 2016 SOSORT guidelines: orthopaedic and rehabilitation treatment of idiopathic scoliosis during growth.Scoliosis and spinal disorders · 2018Review
- Overweight is not predictive of bracing failure in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: results from a retrospective cohort study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2017Article
- Adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis and their parents have a positive attitude towards the Thermobrace monitor: results from a survey.Scoliosis and spinal disorders · 2017Article
- Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and back pain.Scoliosis and spinal disorders · 2016Review
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Abstract
backgroundBracing could be efficacious, given good compliance and quality of braces. Recently the SOSORT Brace TREATMENT Management Guidelines (SBTMG) have highlighted the perceived importance of the professional teams surrounding braced patients. PURPOSE: To verify the impact of a complete rehabilitation team in the adolescent patient with bracing. MATERIALS AND
methodsDesign. Initial cross-sectional study, followed by a retrospective case-control study. POPULATION: Thirty-eight patients (15.8 ± 1.6 years; 26 females; 10 hyperkyphosis, 28 scoliosis of 29.2 ± 7.9° Cobb) extracted from a single orthotist database (between January 1, 2008 and September 1, 2009) and treated by the same physician; brace wearing at least 15 hours/day for a minimum of 6 months; age 10 or more. TREATMENT: Braces: Sforzesco, Sibilla, Lapadula or Maguelone. Exercises: SEAS.
methodsTwo questionnaires filled in blindly by patients: SRS-22 and one especially developed and validated with 25 questions on adherence to treatment. Groups (main risk factor): TEAM (private institute: satisfied 44/44 SOSORT criteria; grade of teamwork, "excellent") included 13 patients and NOT 25 (National Health Service Rehabilitation Department: 35/44 SOSORT criteria respected; grade, "insufficient").
resultsTEAM was more compliant to bracing than NOT (97 ± 6% vs. 80 ± 24%) and performed nearly double the exercises (38 ± 12 vs. 20 ± 13 minutes/session). The self-reduction of bracing was significant in NOT (from 16.8 ± 3.7 to 14.8 ± 4.9 hours/day, , P<0.05); TEAM showed a significant reduction in the difficulties due to bracing (from 8.9 ± 1.4 to 3.5 ± 2.0 in 12 months on a 10-point scale, P<0.05). Pain was perceived by 55% of NOT versus 7% of TEAM (P < 0.05). The populations did not differ at the baseline studied outcomes. The absence of a good team surrounding the patient increases by five times the risk of reduced compliance to bracing (odds ratio OR 5.5 - 95% confidence interval 95CI 3.6-7.4), along with more than 15 times that of QoL problems (OR 15.7 - 95CI 13.6-17.9) and pain (OR 16.8 - 95CI 14.5-19.1).
conclusionsProvided the limits of this first study on the topic, the SBTMG seems to be important for brace treatment, influencing pain, QoL and compliance (and so, presumably, final results). Future studies on the topic are advisable.
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