SOSORT Award Winner 2015: a multicentre study comparing the SPoRT and ART braces effectiveness according to the SOSORT-SRS recommendations

Table 1 Characteristics of the two databases

Data base		Sforzesco	ART	Alpha
Total braced patients		1758	302
Gender	Females	83.1 %	82.8 %	NS
Gender	Males	16.9 %	17.2 %	NS
Cobb degrees	Below 20°	1.6 %	3.4 %	P < 0.05
	20-29°	12.0 %	42.7 %
	20-39°	35.6 %	32.9 %
	40° or more	50.8 %	20.9 %
European Risser	0	27.2 %	36.7 %	P < 0.05
	1	13.8 %	20.8 %
	2	18.5 %	10.1 %
	3	24.7 %	9.2 %
	4 or more	15.9 %	23.1 %
Age	Below 10	3.2 %	3.3 %	NS
	10-12	29.2 %	21.5 %
	13-14	39.1 %	41.4 %
	15 or more	28.5 %	33.8 %
Curve topography	Single thoracic	14.1 %	37.3 %	P < 0.05
	Single lumbar/thoracolumbar	10.2 %	27.0 %
	Double thoracic/thoracolumbar or lumbar	67.9 %	35.7 %
	Others	7.6 %	-

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