Blood Research Institute, BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 Dept. of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 Children's Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Clinical Nutrition, Pharmacology and Cellular Biology The Cardiovascular ...

BACKGROUND Brace treatment is the most effective non-surgical treatment for AIS. High initial in-brace correction increases successful brace treatment outcomes. The objective of this study was to investigate if real-time ultrasound (US) can aid orthotists in selecting the pad pressure level and location resulting in optimal in-brace correction of the spine. METHODS Twenty six AIS subjects par...

Material and methods We studied clinical outcomes of Cheneau’s brace treatment 0f 147 scoliotic patients (age 10 to 18). Patients were subdivided in 2 groups. Group A was made up by 79 patients whose brace treatment was combined with considerable motion activity based on our program. Rehabilitation program included aerobics, dancing (in brace), swimming, doing special exercise (in brace and wit...

STUDY DESIGN A prospective treatment study with a new brace was conducted Objective. To evaluate radiological and subjective clinical results after one year conservative brace treatment with pressure onto lordosis at the thoracolumbar joint in children with scoliosis and kyphosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Conservative brace treatment of adolescent scoliosis is not proven to be effective in ...

Martin Bienengraeber, Molly Pellitteri-Hahn, Naoyuki Hirata, Tesfaye M. Baye, Zeljko J. Bosnjak, and Michael Olivier Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Depart...

P. S. LaViolette, B. M. Ellingson, J. M. Connelly, M. G. Malkin, S. D. Rand, and K. M. Schmainda Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States, Translational Brain Tumor Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States, Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States, Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United...

BACKGROUND The authors evaluated the effectiveness of brace-only treatment, physical therapy, and the combination of these for patients with tennis elbow. METHODS Patients were randomized over 3 groups: brace-only treatment, physical therapy, and the combination of these. Main outcome measures were success rate, severity of complaints, pain, disability, and satisfaction. Data were analyzed us...

BACKGROUND Dynamic brace compression is a novel treatment for patients with pectus carinatum. The dynamic compression system contains a device to measure the flexibility of the thoracic wall and regulate the pressure of the brace. METHODS Patients referred to our pediatric surgical center were screened for treatment with the dynamic compression brace. Patients with a pressure of initial corre...