Materials and methods 39 patients with AIS who did received a conservative treatment method included in the study allocated into three groups. 35 of our patients were female and 4 were male. 4 patients with 20°≥ Cobb angle enrolled into first group (exercise group). 24 patients did not want to receive an exercise programme so they included in 2. group (brace group). All of the patients worn CAD...

Methods According to the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) AIS brace studies standardization criteria, the following conditions were used to determine which patients to include in this study: aged 10 years or older, Risser 0-II, primary curve magnitude 25°-40° and no prior treatment when the brace was subscribed. At skeletal maturity, the percentage of patients whose curve progressed more than 6...

We used five randomly selected cadaver specimens to evaluate the Anderson Knee Stabler and the Lenox Hill Knee Brace, individually and in combination with an anterior cruciate ligament protective tape method. Reduction of total laxity, as well as a defined pathologic anterior-posterior translation and internal-external rotation, was tested after the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligam...

Medical elbow ligament sprains in athletics can be traumatic and disabling. In this case report, we outline the effect of a prototype functional elbow brace on joint stability in a female collegiate javelin thrower with an ulnar collateral ligament sprain. A valgus force to both elbows was applied using graded stress radiography (Telos GA-II/E stress device) at 0, 5, 10, and 15 kiloPascals (kPa...

BACKGROUND The symmetrical Lyon brace is a brace, usually used to maintain correction after a plaster cast reduction in the Cotrel's EDF (Elongation-Derotation-Flexion) frame. The new Lyon brace or ARTbrace is an immediate corrective brace based on some of the principles of the plaster cast which are improved due to advances in CAD/CAM technology. The aim of this paper is to describe concepts o...

A distributed remote collaborative hybrid test (RCHT) method for complex substructures based on OpenFresco is presented in this paper. Challenges the RCHT include modeling of numerical substructure, boundary degree-of-freedom (DOF) loading, and equivalent communication multi-story space frame as a substructure OpenFresco. The effectiveness accuracy proposed are verified by series tests that rep...

Stress from brace treatment in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) can deteriorate their quality of life. A Japanese version the Bad Sobernheim Questionnaire–Brace (JBSSQ–brace) was developed to assess stress for AIS. However, specific factors causing under have remained unknown. We enrolled 69 consecutive assessed by JBSSQ–brace and Scoliosis Research Society–22 (SRS–22) instru...

Material and methods Twenty-five girls aged 10 to 14 years underwent conservative treatment for thoracic idiopathic scoliosis. All revealed radiological proof of progression. The initial thoracic Cobb angle revealed the value of 16.0° to 40.0°, mean 26.1° ± 8.4°. Cheneau brace was ordered for full time wearing, accompanied with DoboMed daily physiotherapy. The treatment was endorsed during a 2 ...

A study was made of the mechanics of blood-bearing in a series of patients treated with a cast-brace for fracture of the distal femur. Knee hinges incorporating strain-gauges, a simple force-plate on the floor and a standardised weight-bearing test were used to record axial loads through the cast-brace itself and through the fracture during the phases of healing. The cast-brace carried loads of...

Use of protective equipment is an important sports injury prevention strategy, yet use of protective equipment by high school athletes has seldom been studied. The authors analyzed data from a 3-year (1996-1999), stratified, two-stage cluster sample of athletes from 12 organized sports in 100 North Carolina high schools (n = 19,728 athlete-seasons). Information on each athlete's use of protecti...