Lumbar Scheuermann conservative treatment allows a proper vertebral body growth and spinal configuration: a case series
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Methods We retrospectively observed 13 patients with the diagnosis of LS. 7 of them needed bracing because of lumbar kyphosis, while the others were treated only with physical exercises to control pain and prevent deformity. All patients treated with bracing (3 males and 4 females, average age 13.5 years) presented at first observation with back pain, lumbar kyphosis, and a radiographic image of lumbar bone damage typical of Scheuermann disease. 5 of them started treatment with 20 or 23 hours/day of bracing and reached the end of treatment after an average of 2.5 years through a period of progressive brace weaning, and 2 are still in treatment.
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