Current Practice in Orthotic Treatment of AIS

Conclusions Experts agreed with 11 biomechanical orthotic correction topics. Some answers for seven topics, on which participants failed to reach an agreement, were found through the literature review. The area that had the most disagreement occurred on questions regarding treatment of the sagittal plane. The question regarding the placement of a thoracic pad for a single thoracic curve was not yet clear. More quantitative investigations are still needed to understand biomechanical correction concepts while treating AIS with an orthosis.
Source: JPO Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES Source Type: research