Results of bracing adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in the context of clinical practice and the Scoliosis Research Society’s criteria: 5-year observational study from a German orthopaedic university hospital

Abstract Background Brace therapy’s influence on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis’s (AIS) natural course is inconclusive. Methods Brace-treated AIS patients from 2016 to 2020 were examined regarding four endpoints at brace weaning: surgery need, curve progress ≥ 6° and > 45°, and curve improvement...

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Main Authors: Heide Delbrück, Isabel Karl, Frank Hildebrand, Miriam K. Hertwig, Miguel Pishnamaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-10-01
Series:European Journal of Medical Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-024-02112-y