Table 7 With increasing experience in bracing all the numerical criteria tended to become more strict.
Braces per year | Less than 100 | More than 300 | Statistics | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Av | Sd | Av | Sd | P | ||
Recommendation 1 (physician) | Years required to be a master | 1.8 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.023 |
Years of experience with a master | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.060 | |
Braces prescribed per week | 1.8 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.716 | |
Period of brace prescription | 8.1 | 2.6 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.139 | |
Scoliosis evaluated per week | 5.0 | 2.3 | 9.8 | 3.0 | 0.011 | |
Period of scoliosis evaluation | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.565 | |
Recommendation 2 (orthotist) | Years of experience with a master | 2.9 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.058 |
Years of continous practice in bracing | 1.8 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.273 | |
Braces built per week | 2.3 | 1.3 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 0.029 | |
Period of brace building | 2.3 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.693 |