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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2018

Brace Treatment for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.

Hiroshi Kuroki

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. The Effects of Vertebral Body Tethering on the Intervertebral Discs and Facet Joints: A Numerical Analysis.International journal for numerical methods in biomedical engineering · 2025
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  12. Patient-Reported Mental Health and Quality of Life in Pediatric Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2025
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  14. Finite element analysis in brace treatment on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2022
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  18. Spinal Deformities and Advancement in Corrective Orthoses.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hiroshi KurokiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Miyazaki Higashi Hospital, Miyazaki 880-0000, Japan. hiroshik@med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp.
National Hospital Organization Miyazaki Higashi Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the past, numerous non-operative treatments for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), including exercise, physical therapy, electrical stimulation, and brace treatment, have been tried to delay or prevent the curve progression. Of these, brace treatment is the only option that is widely accepted and has demonstrated the efficacy to alter the natural history of AIS. Recently, the importance of brace treatment for AIS has been increasing since the efficacy was objectively established by the BrAIST (Bracing in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Trial) study in 2013. This editorial article summarizes the current status of brace treatment in patients with AIS and discusses future prospects on the basis of our clinical experiences.

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adolescent idiopathic scoliosisbrace treatmentgenetic testhanging total spine X-rayOsaka Medical College (OMC) brace

Identifiers

PMID29867010
PMCPMC6024899
OpenAlexW2805937126

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