Control group
There is a reason why the bulk of the brace literature before recently is garbage. And this reason is widely acknowledged NOW.
It is the lack of a control group.
The results were wildly exaggerated efficacy rates reported because they included some kids whose curves would not have progressed anyway but who were braced.
As I understand it, the situation today is that because bracing isn't obviously effective in many cases (when throwing out the uncontrolled data), it is NOT unethical to watch and wait. In fact there is a large study with that protocol going on as we type. This "natural history" control group could also be the control group for a Scroth study.
Hopefully, they will be able to figure out which kids benefit from bracing and which don't with this protocol. Then we won't need a control group or even studies, just like is now the case for surgery in known cases.
Writer, can you list the Scroth publications that are JUST on their results and JUST in peer-reviewed literature? That is, remove from the list pubs on the supposed lack of call for surgery or any other topic that is NOT actual Scroth results. Any language is fine, don't limit it to English language please.
How many would that be out of the total?
Thanks
There is a reason why the bulk of the brace literature before recently is garbage. And this reason is widely acknowledged NOW.
It is the lack of a control group.
The results were wildly exaggerated efficacy rates reported because they included some kids whose curves would not have progressed anyway but who were braced.
As I understand it, the situation today is that because bracing isn't obviously effective in many cases (when throwing out the uncontrolled data), it is NOT unethical to watch and wait. In fact there is a large study with that protocol going on as we type. This "natural history" control group could also be the control group for a Scroth study.
Hopefully, they will be able to figure out which kids benefit from bracing and which don't with this protocol. Then we won't need a control group or even studies, just like is now the case for surgery in known cases.
Writer, can you list the Scroth publications that are JUST on their results and JUST in peer-reviewed literature? That is, remove from the list pubs on the supposed lack of call for surgery or any other topic that is NOT actual Scroth results. Any language is fine, don't limit it to English language please.
How many would that be out of the total?
Thanks
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