Effectiveness of bracing patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
- Conditions
- Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS)Musculoskeletal Diseases
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN36964733
- Lead Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Centre (Netherlands)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
1. Firls and boys in the age group 8-15 years
2. Diagnosis of AIS has been established by an orthopaedic surgeon
3. not yet been treated by bracing or surgery
4. Further growth of physical height is still expected based on medical examination and maturation characteristics (Risser sign) established by X-ray. To expect further growth of physical height, patients only with Risser sign <3 will be included.
5. As agreed in the consensus by the different health professionals in the orthopaedic field, the Cobb angle should either be minimally 22 and maximally 29 degrees with established progression of more than 5 degrees or should be minimally 30 and maximally 35 degrees; progression for the latter is not necessarily established.
Patients with other forms of scoliosis (e.g. as a result of neuromuscular diseases)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
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