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The efficacy of brace treatment for patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis ... Research Society (SRS) has standardized criteria for brace studies in patients with AIS. The purpose ... efficacy of the Osaka...
The conservative orthopaedic treatment of adult scoliosis is very disappointing. In a series of 144 patients; only 25 % (33 cases) were monitored at 2 years of treatment. (Papadopoulos 2013). Thereby the literatu...
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The CMCR brace (C orset M onocoqueC arbone respectant la R espiration –which means Monoshell Carbon Brace respecting Breathing) is an innovative brace, used in orthopaedic treatment for progressive thoracic...
The purpose of this paper is to share with scoliosis professionals the X-rays of different pad placement levels associated with improved curve correction in a case of idiopathic scoliosis (IS). Scoliosis braces o...
The BSSQbrace questionnaire has been shown to be reliable with good internal consistency and reproducibility estimating the stress scoliosis patients have whilst wearing their brace. Eight questions are provided ...
As a result of scientific and medical professionals gaining interest in Stress and Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL), the aim of our research is, thus, to validate into Spanish the German questionnaire Bad So...
Effectiveness of brace treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS)...
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Prescriptive analytics is a concept combining statistical and computer sciences to prescribe an optimal course of action, based on predictions of possible future events. In this simulation study we investigate us...
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The dynamic derotation brace (DDB) was designed in Greece in 1982, as a modification of the Boston brace. It is a custom-made, underarm...
The Progressive Action Short Brace (PASB) is a custom-made thoraco- ... anatomy. Indeed, the particular geometry of the brace is able to generate internal forces that...
The symmetrical Lyon brace is a brace, usually used to maintain correction after a ... Elongation-Derotation-Flexion) frame. The new Lyon brace or ARTbrace is an immediate corrective brace based on some of the pr...
In contemporary literature few have written in detail on the in-brace correction effects of braces used for the treatment of hyperkyphosis. Bradford ... effective, treating Scheuermann's kyphosis with Milwaukee braces
For adult scoliosis patients with chronic low back pain bracing is initially indicated before spinal surgery is ... for the application of a sagittal re-alignment brace in patients with spinal deformities and alo...
The effectiveness of conservative treatment of scoliosis is controversial. Some studies suggest that brace is effective in stopping curve progression, whilst...
From 1238 patients treated for idiopathic scoliosis between 1995 and 2012 fulfill the inclusion criteria 163 patients treated with PASB, Lyon brace and Milwaukee. Of these, 113 patients...
Bracing is an effective strategy for scoliosis treatment, ... is no consensus on the best type of brace, nor on the way in which it ... Patient-oriented, Rigid, Three-dimensional, active) braces: Sforzesco (the f...
It has been proposed that in-brace correction is the best guideline for prediction of the results of brace treatment for patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS). However, bracing may be a stressful ex...
Four factors have been reported to affect brace treatment outcome: (1) growth or curve based risk, (2) the in-brace correction, (3) the brace wear quantity, and (4) the brace wear quality. The quality of brace de...
Brace treatment is the most effective non-surgical treatment for AIS. High initial in-brace correction increases successful brace treatment outcomes. The objective of this study ... pressure level and location re...
The conservative treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) has traditionally been divided into two phases–correction and stabilisation–and casts, even if less used today, can be considered the best stand...
A new instrument to assess stress scoliosis patients have whilst wearing their brace has been developed. Aim of this study...
Progressive idiopathic scoliosis can negatively influence the development and functioning of 2-3% of adolescents, with health consequences and economic costs, placing the disease in the centre of interest of the ...
Although most idiopathic scoliosis patients subject to conservative treatment in daily clinical practice, there have been no ideal methods to evaluate the spinal flexibility for the patients who are scheduled the...
The Lyon Brace, or adjustable multi-shell brace, has been used for more than 60...
The shape of the torso in patients with idiopathic scoliosis is considered to reflect the shape of the vertebral column, however the direct correlation between parameters describing clinical deformity and those c...
Bracing is the main non-surgical intervention in ... posture or in adults after traumatic injuries. Bracing can be defined as the application of ... supports or elastic bands can be used and braces can be custom-...
Exercises are frequently performed in order to improve the efficacy of bracing and avoid its collateral effects. Very frequently there is a loss of correction during brace weaning in AIS treatment.
Different bracing concepts are used today for the treatment ... ) systems are on the market which allow brace adjustments without plaster. The latest development however ... enabling the orthopaedic technician to...
Idiopathic scoliosis is a chronic illness with several different braces used for its treatment. Brace treatment during childhood/adolescence can produce stress....
We report the case of a 13-year-old Caucasian girl suffering from severe axial rotation of the T5 to L4 vertebrae. The patient (initially examined during a school screening study) was at first considered to be su...
Over the last years, evidence has accumulated in support of bracing as an effective treatment option in patients ... to prospectively evaluate the association between compliance to brace treatment and the progres...
A prospective treatment study with a new brace was conducted Objective. To evaluate radiological and subjective clinical results after one year conservative brace treatment with pressure onto lordosis at the...
It is recommended that research in patients with idiopathic scoliosis should focus on short- and long-term patient-centred outcome. The aim of the present study was to evaluate outcome in patients with late-onset...
There is controversy as to whether conservative management that includes wearing a brace and exercises is effective in stabilising idiopathic scoliosis curves. A brace only prevents progression of the curve and ....
Spinal classification systems for scoliosis which were developed to correlate with surgical treatment historically have been used in brace treatment as well. Previously, there had ... scoliosis classification sys...
Few studies have evaluated long-term outcome after bracing using validated health related quality of life ... years or more after treatment with the Boston brace.
The effectiveness of orthotic treatment continues to be controversial in international medical literature due to differences in the reported results and conclusions of various studies. Heterogeneity of the sample...
To verify the efficacy of bracing on aesthetics in AIS.
A wide variety of braces are commercially available designed for the adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), but very few braces for infantile scoliosis (IS) or juvenile ... ) to briefly introduce an elongation be...
The factors influencing curve behavior following bracing are incompletely understood and there is no ... the scoliotic curve correction in patients treated with bracing during adolescence and to compare patient o...
Factors influencing clinical course of brace treatment apply to adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS ... them, we may select suitable patients for brace treatment and alleviate overtreatment. The purpose of ... p...
Vasiliadis et. al. created the Brace Questionnaire (BrQ), which is specific for brace-treated adolescents. This tool was developed and...
First author attempted to analyse medical records of patients with idiopathic scoliosis for compliance with the Scoliosis Research Society brace studies criteria. A retrospective analysis of medical...
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Scoliosis is a three dimensional deformity, and brace correction should be 3D too. There is ... a lack of knowledge of the effect of braces, particularly in the sagittal and transverse plane ... of this study is ...
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Chêneau and Matthias introduced in 1979 a brace concept inspired in casting. The brace was initially named “CTM” from Chêneau- ... still popular in France but “Chêneau-type brace” is its common name in the rest ....
Brace questionnaire (BrQ) is a tool used ... with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) that undergo bracing treatment. The BrQ has not been translated...
Based on a recognized need for research to examine the premise that nonsurgical approaches can be used effectively to treat signs and symptoms of scoliosis, a scientific society on scoliosis orthopaedic and re...
The use of soft braces to treat scoliosis has been described by ... been revealed in literature in comparison with hard braces, however the concept of improving quality of life of a patient while under brace trea...
The Retraction Note to this article has been published in Scoliosis 2013 8:7
The effectiveness of bracing relies on the quality of the brace, compliance of the patient, and some...