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Table 4 Optimal treatment for AIS

From: Bracing for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) and Scheuermann Kyphosis: the issue of overtreatment in Greece

Patient care

Patient needs

Observe

Exercises

Brace

Surgery

Observe

Proper treatment

Overtreatment

Overtreatment

Overtreatment

Exercises

Undertreatment

Proper treatment

Overtreatment

Overtreatment

Brace

Undertreatment

Undertreatment

Proper treatment

Overtreatment

Surgery

Undertreatment

Undertreatment

Undertreatment

Proper treatment