A comparison of the thoracolumbosacral orthoses and providence orthosis in the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Results using the new SRS inclusion and assessment criteria for bracing studies

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-374

  Janicki, Joseph A ^a,b   Poe Kochert, Connie ^a   Armstrong, Douglas G ^a   Thompson, George H ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Providence orthosis; Scoliosis Research Society inclusion and assessment criteria; Surgery; Thoracolumbosacral orthosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; BRACE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENARCHE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; BRACES; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SCOLIOSIS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249936838     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpb.0000271331.71857.9a     Document Type: Article

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