ArticleDer Orthopade2020
[Claims and realities of brace treatment : Primary correction of scoliosis in children and adolescents].
Article in Der Orthopade, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Conservative treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: the effectiveness of rigid bracing.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Primary Correction and Its Influencing Factors in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis After Treatment with the Charleston Bending Brace as the Sole Intervention.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt is understood that an effective brace therapy requires a primary curve angle reduction of 50% after administering the first orthotic brace.
objectivesThe aim of the study was to determine the efficacy of conservative brace therapy for scoliosis with a curve angle above 20° and to determine possible influencing factors. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe current study included a cohort of 110 scoliosis patients with conservative brace therapy. The development of the scoliotic curve during brace therapy was documented for an average of 40 months. Influencing factors such as the initial Risser sign, age at the start of treatment, gender, curve patterns and body mass index were analyzed.
resultsThe collective consisted of 88 patients with idiopathic and 22 with neuromuscular spinal deformities. At the beginning of the brace therapy, the average age was 12.2 ± 2.8 years with a mean scoliosis curve angle of 30.4° ± 12.5°. The primary brace reduced the scoliotic curve by 31% to 20.9°. In children and adolescents with lower maturity status, the success of the brace therapy was greater than in patients with a higher Risser sign. In addition, children with obesity had less success during brace therapy than normal- or underweight children.
conclusionsThe initial curvature correction of 50% required for effective brace therapy could only be achieved in one third of the patients. On average, the correction was 31%.
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