http://drlloydhey.blogspot.com/2012/...iety-2012.html
I don't know what he is referring to in the second sentence about "some evidence...". I'd like to know what it is.
Several good talks about the benefits vs. risks/costs of scoliosis bracing for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), with special note of the lack of really tight, very long-term well controlled studies to confirm efficacy. There is certainly some evidence that it could have some benefit of slowing curve progression and decreasing the rate of surgery at least at point of skeletal maturity. However, other data was presented to show that compliance as well as psychological and emotional effects are possible with bracing that can last well beyond the bracing period. This is all consistent with our family-oriented, personalized, thorough dialogue we have with scoliosis families before prescribing the brace so that the adolescent or younger child as well as the parents are fully informed and are not just rushed off to the brace shop.
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