Conservative treatment of main thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Full-time or nighttime bracing?

CONCLUSIONS: Despite a larger initial curve size in the Providence group, progression of more than 5° or to surgical indication area was similar in the Boston group. Our results indicate that nighttime bracing is a viable alternative to full-time bracing also in main thoracic AIS.
PMID: 31284817 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery - April 30, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Ohrt-Nissen S, Lastikka M, Andersen TB, Helenius I, Gehrchen M Tags: J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) Source Type: research