ArticleScoliosis and spinal disorders2017
Curve progression after long-term brace treatment in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: comparative results between over and under 30 Cobb degrees - SOSORT 2017 award winner.
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- Treatment outcomes across curve patterns and severities in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated with a pattern-specific CAD-CAM brace.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Article
- Long-term follow-up reveals non-utility of nonsurgical management in moderate adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a comprehensive meta-analysis.Asian spine journal · 2025Article
- Surgical vs non-surgical management of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a 10-year narrative review of health-related quality of life and radiographic progression in 3315 patients.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 · 2025Review
- Discontinuation of brace treatment in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS): a scoping review.Spine deformity · 2024Article
- Differences in spine growth potential for Sanders maturation stages 7A and 7B have implications for treatment of idiopathic scoliosis.Spine deformity · 2024Article
- Results of Gensingen Bracing in Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Retrospective Cross-Sectional Feasibility Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2024Article
- Vertebral Rotation in Functional Scoliosis Caused by Limb-Length Inequality: Correlation between Rotation, Limb Length Inequality, and Obliquity of the Sacral Shelf.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- The impact of pregnancy on women with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a scoping review.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2023Article
- The natural history of curve behavior after brace removal in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a literature review.Spine deformity · 2023Review
- Predictors of Clinically Meaningful Results of Bracing in a Large Cohort of Adolescents with Idiopathic Scoliosis Reaching the End of Conservative Treatment.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Initial In-Brace Correction: Can the Evaluation of Cobb Angle Be the Only Parameter Predictive of the Outcome of Brace Treatment in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- [Is it possible to improve treatment safety in the brace treatment of scoliosis patients by using standardized CAD algorithms?]Der Orthopade · 2021Article
- The Effectiveness of Different Concepts of Bracing in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Brace treatment for patients with scoliosis: State of the art.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2021Article
- Effect of Chêneau style braces on vertebral wedging amongst individuals with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2021Article
- [Conservative and surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis].Der Orthopade · 2020Article
- First end-result of a prospective cohort with AIS treated with a CAD Chêneau style brace.Journal of physical therapy science · 2019Article
- When Should We Wean Bracing for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis?Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2019Article
- The Duration of the correction loss after removing cheneau brace in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica · 2019Article
- Bracing In The Treatment Of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Evidence To Date.Adolescent health, medicine and therapeutics · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe factors influencing curve behavior following bracing are incompletely understood and there is no agreement if scoliotic curves stop progressing with skeletal maturity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the loss of the scoliotic curve correction in patients treated with bracing during adolescence and to compare patient outcomes of under and over 30 Cobb degrees, 10 years after brace removal.
methodsWe reviewed 93 (87 female) of 200 and nine patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) who were treated with the Lyon or PASB brace at a mean of 15 years (range 10-35). All patients answered a simple questionnaire (including work status, pregnancy, and pain) and underwent clinical and radiological examination. The population was divided into two groups based on Cobb degrees (< 30° and > 30°). Statistical analysis was performed to test the efficacy of our hypothesis.
resultsThe patients underwent a long-term follow-up at a mean age of 184.1 months (±72.60) after brace removal. The pre-brace scoliotic mean curve was 32.28° (± 9.4°); after treatment, the mean was 19.35° and increased to a minimum of 22.12° in the 10 years following brace removal. However, there was no significant difference in the mean Cobb angle between the end of weaning and long term follow-up period (
conclusionsScoliotic curves did not deteriorate beyond their original curve size after bracing in both groups at the 15-year follow-ups. These results are in contrast with the history of this pathology that normally shows a progressive and lowly increment of the curve at skeletal maturity. Bracing is an effective treatment method characterized by positive long-term outcomes, including for patients demonstrating moderate curves.
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