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Table 6 Average wearing time in hours found with the Thermobrace

From: In defense of adolescents: They really do use braces for the hours prescribed, if good help is provided. Results from a prospective everyday clinic cohort using thermobrace

Per month

1 st

21.5 (9.8-23.4)

2 nd

21.3 (10.5-23.5)

3 rd

20.7 (10.8-23.5)

4 th

20.5 (12.1-23.5)

P

NS

Per hour of the day

Night (0–7)

7.7 (4.9-8)

Morning (8–13)

5.4 (3.7-6)

Afternoon (14–19)

4.6 (3.7-6)

Evening (20–23)

3.2 (2.5-4)

P

<0.05

Per day of the week

Best day

19.9 (12.3-23.5)

Worst day

18.0 (9.6-23.1)

P

<0.05

During the week

20.6 (4.4-23.3)

Weekend

20.5 (4.5-23.3)

P

NS

  1. Maximum brace wear is reached during the night. Forty-three percent of patients showed a best and a worst day of the week (a difference of at least 2 hours of brace-wearing), with a statistically significant difference. The reported data are median and 95% interval of confidence.
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Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders

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