Impact of customized add-on nighttime bracing in full-time brace treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Objective

Bracing is an accepted standard therapy for idiopathic scoliosis at Cobb angle ranges between 25° and 40°. However, it is unclear, if a specifically tailored regimen of daytime and nighttime braces (= double brace) yields superior results compared to the standard treatment (single brace for day and night).

Methods

One-hundred-fifteen patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) were assessed before initiation of bracing treatment and at the final follow-up 2 years after deposition of the brace. They were divided into two groups: double-brace group (n = 66, 4 male, 62 female, age 13.1 ± 1.9 (mean ± SD), primary curvature thoracic n = 35, lumbar n = 31) and single-brace group (n = 49, 8 male, 41 female, age 14.1

SUBMITTER: Bretschneider H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9879394 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature