Not only being compliant, but also being constant in brace wearing improves short-term results: a prospective Thermobrace study
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Not only being compliant, but also being constant in brace wearing improves short-term results: a prospective Thermobrace study
Methods Prospective controlled cohort study nested into a clinical database started in 2003. On December 31, 2012, out of 11,800 patients in the database, we selected 168 who met the following inclusion criteria: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Sforzesco brace prescription 18 to 23 hours/day, at least four months of observation, Thermobrace (TB) adoption and out-of-brace x-ray before treatment...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scoliosis
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1748-7161
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-8-s2-o55