Brace Management in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
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Brace management in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
UNLABELLED Skeletally immature patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis are at risk for curve progression. Although numerous nonoperative methods have been attempted, including physical therapy, exercise, massage, manipulation, and electrical stimulation, only bracing is effective in preventing curve progression and the subsequent need for surgery. Brace treatment is initiated as either fu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0009-921X
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-009-0884-9