The study by Karol et al. evaluated the relationship between the Risser stage and bracing outcome for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Previous studies, including the important Bracing in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Trial (BRAIST), have generally described combined results for patients at Risser stages 0, 1, and 2. However, Karol et al. evaluated each stage of maturity independently. ...

Material and method In this prospective correlation study, 55 patients diagnosed with AIS were recruited. All were female and aged 10 years or above when a brace was prescribed, none had undergone prior treatment, and all had a Risser sign of 0-2 and a Cobb angle of 25-40 degree. The patients were examined in 3 consecutive visits with 4-6 months between each visit. The Chinese translated Trunk ...

Brace treatment for idiopathic scoliosis in skeletally immature children is the only effective nonoperative modality for the control of curve progression. The Charleston bending brace is a custom-molded spinal orthosis that holds the patient in a completely corrected or overcorrected position while worn at night. A 9-year-old girl presented with 10° right upper thoracic and 7° left lower thorac...

This paper presents an algorithm for automatically computing the planar patterns of custom-made assistive medical braces, which are employed to restrict the motion of the joints (such as wrist and knee) that suffer from musculoskeletal disorders caused by repetitive strain injuries. An elastic brace is manufactured by warping a planar elastic fabric pattern. With a specified material, different...

Background Idiopathic scoliosis induces change in coordination between body segments, spinal anatomy, left-right trunk symmetry and gait pattern. Various treatment methods have being used for scoliosis which includes: physical therapy, occupational therapy, osteopathic therapy, casting, bracing and surgery. However, using brace is a commonly used method in this regard. Although, the influence o...

This paper presents an optimization-based method for computing a minimal bounding ellipsoid that contains the set of static responses of an uncertain braced frame. We assume that the parameters both of brace stiffnesses and external forces are uncertain but bounded, which is a non-stochastic model of uncertainty. A brace member represents the sum of the stiffness of the actual brace and the con...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to observe if the re-fracture rate after forearm both bones was decreased by protecting the forearm with a preventive brace for 6 months following the fracture and by ceasing all physical activities. METHODS We performed a retrospective study in 75 consecutive cases of diaphyseal fracture of both bone of forearms, in 52 boys and 23 girls aged from 6 months to...

Seventy-nine cases of fracture of the femoral shaft treated by cast-brace and early walking have been reviewed. Discrepancy in femoral length was assessed by scanogram. The cases were analysed to relate the incidence of shortening greater than 2 centimetres to the type and site of the fracture, and the time which elapsed from injury until the cast-brace was applied. Such shortening was encounte...

We treated 98 consecutive patients with Perthes' disease by a unilateral brace in external rotation, flexion and abduction and a further consecutive 110 by a bilateral cast with the hips in internal rotation and abduction. During treatment in the unilateral brace, six (6.1%) hips on the opposite side developed evidence of Perthes' disease and one developed this after the brace had been removed....