Mode of application | ||||
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Part Time | Full Time | p value | ||
Baseline characteristics at brace application | ||||
Index age of first time applicationa | 13.24 (±1.9) | 13.19 (±1.49) | 0.55c | |
Onset of menstruationa | 12.52 (±0.95) | 12.48(±1.17) | 0.70c | |
Curve magnitude (Cobb angle/ out of brace)a | 28.71 (±9.02) | 27.86 (±8.58) | 0.84c | |
Curve typeb | Thoracic | 12 (34.3) | 18 (42.9) | 0.38d |
Thoracolumbar | 12 (34.3) | 9 (21.4) | ||
Lumbar | 2 (5.7) | 6 (14.3) | ||
Double primary | 9 (25.7) | 9 (21.4) | ||
Rotation of the apical vertebra (Perdriolle score)a | 15.09 (±6.9) | 13.69 (±6.48) | 0.40c | |
Curve magnitude (Cobb angle/ in-brace correction) after first brace applicationa | 18.2 (±8.46) | 16.55 (±9.9) | 0.32c | |
Initial curve correction after brace applicationa | −10.17 (±7.36) | −11.31 (±5.8) | 0.65c | |
Short Term Follow Up (post bracing) | ||||
Age at brace removala | 16.07 (±1.09) | 15.8 (±1.34) | 0.40c | |
Duration of brace applicationa | 2.82 (±1.59) | 2.61 (±0.97) | 0.95c | |
Curve magnitude (Cobb angle/ out of brace) at brace removala | 20.43 (±10.3) | 22.55 (±13.03) | 0.51c | |
Curve correction at brace removal compared with pre-brace anglea | −8.26 (±9.58) | −5.31 (±9.34) | 0.09c | |
Long Term Follow Up ( 25 years post bracing) | ||||
Time since brace removala | 24.95 (±2.45) | 25.34 (±2.89) | 0.10c | |
Curve magnitude (Cobb angle) at Long Term Follow Upa | 24.37 (±12.4) | 26.4 (±15.08) | 0.58c | |
Type of main scoliotic curveb | Single thoracic | 11 (31.4) | 14 (33.3) | 0.88d |
Double Thoracic | 2 (5.7) | 3 (7.1) | ||
Double Major | 8 (22.9) | 12 (28.6) | ||
Triple major | 3 (8.6) | 2 (4.8) | ||
Thoracolumbar | 8 (22.9) | 6 (14.3) | ||
Lumbar | 3 (8.6) | 5 (11.9) | ||
Rotation of the apical vertebra (Perdriolle score)a | 13.66 (±9.03) | 14.86 (±9.01) | 0.52c | |
Loss of main curve correction from brace removal to Long Term Follow Upa | 3.94 (±6.43) | 3.86 (±6.98) | 0.87c | |
Loss of correction > 5 degreesb | 10 (28.6) | 17 (40.5) | 0.27d |