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Table 4 Answers to the Pre-Meeting Questionnaire revealed a good agreement among SOSORT members, with no answers below 72%, and 70.2% of answers over 90% of agreement.

From: Guidelines on "Standards of management of idiopathic scoliosis with corrective braces in everyday clinics and in clinical research": SOSORT Consensus 2008

Domain

Rec

Agr

Imp

Type of rec

Per

Clin

Res

Details (at least 90% agreement)

 

Experience

1

85%

85%

94%

75%

90%

80%

5 years to be a master

2 years with a master

Competence

       

3 years of practice

 
        

1 brace per week

last 2 years

        

2 evaluations per week

last 4 years

 

2

85%

85%

90%

84%

90%

83%

2 years with a master

 
        

2 years of practice

 
        

2 braces per week

last 2 years

Behaviours

3

97%

94%

91%

88%

87%

83%

  
 

4

97%

97%

94%

93%

93%

79%

  
 

5

97%

97%

91%

94%

90%

86%

MD prescription

 
        

CPO construction

 
        

MD check with CPO

 

Prescription

6

91%

97%

94%

87%

94%

86%

Details of construction

 
        

Convinced & committed

 
        

Compliance

 

Construction

7

97%

97%

94%

94%

94%

94%

Check & discuss

 
        

Fully execute

 

Brace check

8

100%

97%

94%

94%

97%

93%

Individual needs

 
        

3D correction

 
        

Aesthetic correction

 
        

Tolerability

 
        

Apply changes

 
        

Counselling

 
 

9

97%

94%

97%

94%

94%

90%

  

Follow-up

10

100%

97%

97%

94%

97%

90%

  
 

11

97%

97%

97%

97%

97%

90%

  
 

12

97%

97%

94%

97%

97%

90%

  
 

13

79%

79%

87%

74%

80%

72%

  
 

14

81%

81%

94%

81%

90%

83%

  
  1. Rec Recommendation; Agr Agreement; Imp Importance; Per Personal behaviour; Clin Clinical application; Res Research application