The word permanent (in terms of cobb angle reduction for any treatment) is definitely misleading.
The Spinecor manufacturer does state that some may experience small cobb angle reduction (they are very conservative in their wording). And as some have in fact done this, i would not consider the statement misleading. No one in the Spinecor network (so to speak) has ever used the word permanent to my knowledge. As study continues i believe what is looked for (and will continue to be looked for) is stable maintenance of such reduction when it occurs (talking 25 years and more down the road).
Such things (cobb angle reduction without surgery) while not the norm, does exist. Example Martha Hawes (fellow scoliosis patient and research scientist) 40% reduction in magnitude of Cobb angle, which had been stable for 30 years. Even she does not use the word permanent.
Reference:
Reversal of the signs & symptoms of moderately severe idiopathic scoliosis in response to physical methods
Hawes MC, Brooks WJ.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2002;91:365-8.
PMID: 15457757
This report describes improved signs and symptoms of previously untreated symptomatic spinal deformity in an adult female diagnosed with moderately severe thoracic scoliosis at the age of .7 years. Current treatment initiated at the age of forty included massage therapy, manual traction, ischemic pressure, and comprehensive manipulative medicine (CMM). A left-right chest circumference inequity was reduced by >10 cm, in correlation with improved appearance of the ribcage deformity and a 40% reduction in magnitude of Cobb angle, which had been stable for 30 years. The changes occurred gradually over an eight-year period, with the most rapid improvement occurring during two periods when CMM was employed.
PMID: 15457757 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
The Spinecor manufacturer does state that some may experience small cobb angle reduction (they are very conservative in their wording). And as some have in fact done this, i would not consider the statement misleading. No one in the Spinecor network (so to speak) has ever used the word permanent to my knowledge. As study continues i believe what is looked for (and will continue to be looked for) is stable maintenance of such reduction when it occurs (talking 25 years and more down the road).
Such things (cobb angle reduction without surgery) while not the norm, does exist. Example Martha Hawes (fellow scoliosis patient and research scientist) 40% reduction in magnitude of Cobb angle, which had been stable for 30 years. Even she does not use the word permanent.
Reference:
Reversal of the signs & symptoms of moderately severe idiopathic scoliosis in response to physical methods
Hawes MC, Brooks WJ.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2002;91:365-8.
PMID: 15457757
This report describes improved signs and symptoms of previously untreated symptomatic spinal deformity in an adult female diagnosed with moderately severe thoracic scoliosis at the age of .7 years. Current treatment initiated at the age of forty included massage therapy, manual traction, ischemic pressure, and comprehensive manipulative medicine (CMM). A left-right chest circumference inequity was reduced by >10 cm, in correlation with improved appearance of the ribcage deformity and a 40% reduction in magnitude of Cobb angle, which had been stable for 30 years. The changes occurred gradually over an eight-year period, with the most rapid improvement occurring during two periods when CMM was employed.
PMID: 15457757 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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