Efficacy of the Osaka Medical College (OMC) brace in the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis following Scoliosis Research Society brace studies criteria

Table 2 Literature review of the initial correction rate

Author (Year)	Apex	Type of brace	Correction rate
Watts HG et al. (1977) [26]	below T10	Boston Brace	54.7%
Uden A et al. (1982) [27]	below T7	Boston Brace	41.0%
		Milwaukee Brace	10.0%
Jonasson-Rajala E et al. (1984) [28]	below T8	Boston Thoracic Brace	46.2%
		Boston Milwaukee Brace	29.3%
		Boston Brace	36.9%
Ohta K et al. (1988) [29]	-	Active Correction Brace	53.8%
Kawakami N et al. (1991) [30]	-	Active Correction Brace	17.6%
Asazuma T et al. (1991) [31]	below T7	Under Arm Brace	23.0%^*
Arai S et al. (1992) [32]	-	Milwaukee Brace	44.2%^*
Iwaya D et al. (1997) [33]	below T7	Charleston Bending Brace	75.0%
Semoto Y et al. (1999) [34]	below T7	OMC Brace	35.5%
Spoonamore MJ et al. (2001) [35]	-	Rosenberger Brace	30.0%
D’Amato CR et al. (2004) [36]	-	Providence Brace	96.0%
Kuroki H et al. (2015) [current report]	below T8	OMC Brace	46.8%

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