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Table 2 Literature review of the initial correction rate

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

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%

  1. *maximum correction rate.