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Table 1 Population characteristics at the start of brace weaning (T0).

From: Specific exercises performed in the period of brace weaning can avoid loss of correction in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) patients: Winner of SOSORT's 2008 Award for Best Clinical Paper

Group

N° patients (females)

Age (years)

Cobb Angle

ATR

Risser

SEAS

14 (12)

14 ± 1

21.3° ± 10.4

6.0° ± 3.5

3

OTH

25 (24)

15 ± 2

22.9° ± 6.8

4.5° ± 2.7

3

DIS

19 (16)

16 ± 1

22.1° ± 9.7

4.3° ± 2.6

3

NO

10 (8)

14 ± 1

19.2° ± 5.2

7.0° ± 6.3

3

  1. SEAS: patients who performed exercises according to our Institute protocol; OTH: patients who performed other exercises; DIS: patients who performed exercises discontinuously; NO: patients who never performed exercises. No statistically significant difference were present at T0.