Figure 5

Clinical history of a patient with 45° at the age of 13 and 27° at the age of 16 after brace weaning. On the left the patient can be seen at the start of treatment, on the middle left clinically after one year of treatment, on the middle right in her second brace, and on the right after 36 months of treatment after weaning. A considerable cosmetic improvement can be seen comparing the picture at the start of treatment (left) to the picture two years after the onset of menarche (right) while the curve has improved 18° Cobb at the same time.