The Sforzesco brace can replace cast in the correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A controlled prospective cohort study

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The Sforzesco brace can replace cast in the correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A controlled prospective cohort study

Stefano Negrini¹ , Salvatore Atanasio¹ , Francesco Negrini² , Fabio Zaina¹ and Gianfranco Marchini³

¹ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute), Via R. Bellarmino 13/1, 20121 Milan, Italy

²Vita e Salute University, Via Olgettina, Milan, Italy

³Centro Ortopedico Lombardo, Via Passeroni 6, Milan, Italy

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Scoliosis 2008, 3:15doi:10.1186/1748-7161-3-15


Published:	31 October 2008

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Final outcomes in the two groups. In both groups all final outcomes were significantly better than the baseline values, apart from Cobb degrees for thoracic curves for the Risser cast and thoraco-lumbar curves for the Sforzesco brace.

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Scoliosis results: comparison between the groups. There were no real differences in scoliosis results between the two forms of orthosis, apart from sagittal profile outcomes, which were better for the Sforzesco brace.

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Clinical results: comparison between the groups. The clinical results almost never reached the point of statistical significance. I: Improved; W: worsened; U: unchanged.

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Results according to bone age. We did not find differences between results in the young patients (R2: Risser 2 or less) versus the old ones (R3: Risser 3 ormore).

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