Ducroquet's Extension Brace for Treatment of Scoliosis

Brace treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) presents as an abnormal curvature of spine with vertebral rotation. It may impact the patient for their entire life. Approximately 0.25% of adolescents will require treatment. Brace treatment is the most commonly used non-surgical treatment for AIS. Its goal is stop the progression and maintain the curve at an acceptable level through the high risk growth p...

Brace treatment is effective for scoliosis.

T he effectiveness of brace treatment for scoliosis was controversial until recently. Brace treatment had not been proven to prevent progression of the scoliotic curve. 1 There had been no standardized study of this issue, and there were no significant differences among the types of braces used. 1 The unwillingness of children to wear braces raised concern, especially among physicians, about wh...

Adult scoliosis treatment combining brace and exercises

Purpose Based on the practice of wearing a scoliosis brace immediately after exercising to stabilize the stretch effect at the ligaments and the intervertebral disks[1], the purpose of this study was to reveal the importance of wearing the brace after performing exercises. Another goal of this study was to observe any changes in the major problems associated with adult scoliosis: pain, posture ...

Using of Chêneau brace for early onset scoliosis treatment

Effectiveness of brace treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

OBJECTIVES Effectiveness of brace treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) was demonstrated by the BrAIST study in 2013. Objectives of this study were to confirm its effectiveness by analyzing our results and to clarify the factors affecting the results of the treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS According to the Scoliosis Research Society AIS brace studies standardization criteria, pa...