Treatment of psychological disturbances in scoliosis patients treated with a brace

doi:10.1186/1748-7161-4-S2-O21

Scoliosis

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Yaroslavska S
Chekryzhev D
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Meshkova E
Bebeshko A
Plyatsek V
Velikiy A

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This article is part of the supplement: 6th International Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities .

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Treatment of psychological disturbances in scoliosis patients treated with a brace

A Levytskyi¹ , S Yaroslavska¹, D Chekryzhev², K Ryhlevskiy³, E Meshkova⁴, A Bebeshko⁴, V Plyatsek⁴ and A Velikiy⁴

¹National Medical University, Ukraine

²"Orthospine" Kharkiv, Ukraine

³"Oerthotech Service GBMH" Kyiv, Ukraine

⁴Central Ukrainian Pediatric Hospital 17 Dragomanova Street, apt.171, 02068, Ukraine

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from 6th International Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities
Lyon, France. 21-23 May 2009

Scoliosis 2009, 4(Suppl 2):O21doi:10.1186/1748-7161-4-S2-O21


Published:	14 December 2009

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In spite of a positive attitude towards brace treatment, some scoliosis patients have psychological stress during the initial bracing phase. Even when the curve correction is good, the patient may have a bad clinical outcome because of the psychological stress they have undergone. This situation may result in the psychosomatic illness.