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Figure 11 | Scoliosis

Figure 11

From: Brace treatment for patients with Scheuermann's disease - a review of the literature and first experiences with a new brace design

Figure 11

A good in-brace correction in a patient with rigid kyphosis in a kyphologic™ brace showing a release of the anterior growth plates. Patient with rigid kyphosis in a kyphologic™ brace. The in-brace correction is > 20° and on the right picture the opening of the intervertebral spaces is visible. Therefore we can expect an end result correction when the brace is worn, because the ventral growth plates have been released from pressure.

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