Background The Lyon brace, devised by Stagnara in 1950, is commonly prescribed in many European countries, and is based on the three-point pressure system. The Lyon brace also applies derotational forces to the spine, with the main thoracic plate pushing the hump from the posterior convexity toward the anterior concavity of the scoliotic curve. Lyon bracing is considered to be an effective mean...

BACKGROUND A successful outcome for the treatment of idiopathic clubfoot is believed to require adequate adherence to brace use. Previous studies have relied on parental reporting of brace application. We used temperature sensors to determine the adherence to the bracing protocol, the accuracy of parent-reported use, and differences in adherence between patients who experienced relapse of defor...

Purpose: To determine the more effective ankle brace (lace-up or Aircast ankle brace) at providing dynamic postural control in volleyball players with unstable ankle under functional fatigue conditions. Methods: Subjects of this study participated in 3 separate testing sessions and did not use or used a different brace at each session i.e. no brace (NB), lace-up ankle brace (AB), and Airca...

The orthopaedic surgeon should be familiar with various supports and braces for the treatment of low back pain. Severe cases of spinal instability always need a Hohmann overbridging brace, whereas the milder form of motion-segment instability is treated with one of the elastic supports. In cases of osteoporosis of the spine and insufficiency of the lumbosacral junction the Lindemann 2/3 semi-el...

article: Predictors for long-term curve progression after Boston brace treatment of idiopathic scoliosis - European Journal Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 2021 February;57(1):101-9 Minerva Medica Journals

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of early relapse after achieving good initial correction in children who were on clubfoot abduction brace. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, and included parents of children of either gender in the age range of 6 months to 3years with idiopathic clubfoot deformities who had undergone Ponseti...

Background/Aim: Many factors affect initial in-brace correction and treatment outcome in patients with idiopathic scoliosis. Previous studies have observed contradictory results on the role of BMI orthotic treatment. The aim this study was to examine whether impacts correction, isolated relation other predictive (curve magnitude, curve location Risser sign). Methods: A retrospective has been co...

Patellar dislocations are a common injury in the emergency department. The conservative management consists of immobilisation with a cylinder cast, posterior splint or removable knee brace. No consensus seems to exist on the most appropriate means of conservative treatment or the duration of immobilisation. Therefore the aims of this review were first to examine whether immobilisation with a cy...

BACKGROUND Humeral shaft fractures account for 1 to 3% of all fractures in adults and for 20% of all humeral fractures. Non-operative treatment is still the standard treatment of isolated humeral shaft fractures, although this method can present unsatisfactory results. Surgical treatment is reserved for specific conditions. Modern concepts of internal fixation of long bone shaft fractures advoc...

We read with interest the paper by Rahman about compliance temperature monitors for scoliosis braces [1]. This study confirms our everyday clinical experience with compliance monitors for braced patients. In fact, since 2010, our institute has systematically applied this kind of monitoring in everyday clinical practice [2]. We already have 2,106 patients in brace treatment who allowed us to mon...