It is possible to make patients use braces the hours prescribed: first results from the thermobrace clinical everyday usage
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Materials and methods Population: 68 scoliosis consecutive patients (79% females, age 14.2±2.4) who accepted to use Thermobrace and had finished at least one period of treatment on the 31st December 2010 [1,2]. Actual hours worn per day were measured; compliance (percentage of prescription) and reported compliance (percentage of hours reported by the patient) were calculated. For reliability purposes, we use two different data processing methods.
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دوره 7 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2012