Materials and methods Forth three scoliosis patients (12 males, 31 females) were enrolled in this study. Mean age was 10.3 years (range 615). Mean Radiographic Cobb angle before treatment was 37.2°. All the patients were investigated before bracing with "Spinal Mouse" in convex side bending position. After three months of bracing we assessed the radiographic Cobb angle and defined a correlation...

Background The SRS criteria give the methodological reference frame to present results of bracing. SOSORT criteria give the clinical reference frame for an appropriate bracing treatment. The combination of the two has never been presented in a study until now Objectives Verifying the efficacy of a complete conservative treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) according to the best met...

Background In Japan, bracing is the only treatment which is considered as an effective conservative treatment for AIS. Therefore, therapeutic exercise for scoliosis does not pervade as a clinical approach for AIS. Only a few orthopaedists and therapists adopt Side Shift and Pelvic Hitch exercise. In general, clinical evidence regarding the effectiveness of specific exercise for preventing progr...

A survey was conducted to document the results of bracing and spinal fusion for scoliosis associated with osteogenesis imperfecta. Observations were made of 121 patients who underwent treatment by bracing or spinal fusion and who had been treated by 51 orthopaedic surgeons in. 14 countries. The average curve before bracing measured 43 degrees. The braces were ineffective in stopping progression...

BACKGROUND Various conservative therapies are available for treating adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), however, the disparities between them and the evidence of their efficacy and effectiveness is still unclear. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of different conservative treatments on AIS. METHODS A literature-based narrative review of the English language medical literature. ...

Low-levelfinite state (locked-unl&e~ control is compared with open-loop stimulation of the knee extensor muscles in functional eleGtriia1 stimulation (FES) induced paraplegic standing. i%e parameters were: duration of standing, relative torque loss in knee extensor mus&s, knee angle stability, average stimulus output and average arm effort during standing. To investigate thz impact of external ...

Background For adult scoliosis patients with chronic low back pain, bracing is initially indicated before spinal surgery is considered. Until recently, the effect bracing treatment has on middle to long-term pain reduction has not been reported. Promising results have been documented in the short-term for the application of a sagittal re-alignment brace in patients with spinal deformities and s...

Background Adolescence is considered a critical phase, and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) can have a considerably negative impact on a patient's quality of life (Payne, Ogilvie, Resnick, Kane, Transfeldt, Blum, 1997). AIS can also produce psychosocial problems through potentially detrimental effects on body image, and bracing can exacerbate this problem. There are currently two questionn...