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Table 4 Problems due to the brace

From: Team care to cure adolescents with braces (avoiding low quality of life, pain and bad compliance): a case–control retrospective study. 2011 SOSORT Award winner

 

TEAM

NOT

P

Pain

7.7%

58.3%

<0.05

Respiration problems

46.2%

33.3%

NS

Problems with friends

7.7%

8.3%

NS

Problems with clothes

23.1%

41.7%

NS

Problems toileting

7.7%

16.7%

NS

No problem at all

15.4%

8.3%

NS

  1. TEAM: patients treated by a complete team respecting the SOSORT criteria (score: excellent); NOT: Patients treated in a team not respecting the SOSORT criteria (score: insufficient). (NS: Not Significant).
  2. The prevalence of pain was the only difference between the two populations categorized according to the main risk factor.
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Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders

ISSN: 2397-1789

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