Thanks for the replies Emily, Gayle and Sharon.
Sharon, you make some very good points. There is still much to learn. Time is not on my side though. This whole thing reminds me of a Mark Twain Quote: There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
Gayle, Thank you for the link to the BRAist Study. I guess I've heard it referred to but never saw the actual information. It is interesting to read that there seems to be an independent panel evaluating preliminary results. I may be reading more into this than I should, but since this study has been going on for 2 years, I assume that had there been a clear preference for bracing they would have stopped the study and offered it to all.
The last large study (Nachemson) took about 10 years between the start of the study (1985) and publishing the data (1995).
We are going to give the SpineCor a try with Dr. Rivard.
Sharon, you make some very good points. There is still much to learn. Time is not on my side though. This whole thing reminds me of a Mark Twain Quote: There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
Gayle, Thank you for the link to the BRAist Study. I guess I've heard it referred to but never saw the actual information. It is interesting to read that there seems to be an independent panel evaluating preliminary results. I may be reading more into this than I should, but since this study has been going on for 2 years, I assume that had there been a clear preference for bracing they would have stopped the study and offered it to all.
The last large study (Nachemson) took about 10 years between the start of the study (1985) and publishing the data (1995).
We are going to give the SpineCor a try with Dr. Rivard.
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