BACKGROUND Four factors have been reported to affect brace treatment outcome: (1) growth or curve based risk, (2) the in-brace correction, (3) the brace wear quantity, and (4) the brace wear quality. The quality of brace design affects the in-brace correction and comfort which indirectly affects the brace wear quantity and quality. This paper reported the immediate benefits and results on using...

Results The mean primary right thoracic curve was 29° uncorrected; the mean secondary curve measured 19°. In the Boston brace group the mean primary right thoracic curve was 22° ; the mean secondary curve measured 16°. The mean corrective force over the lumbar brace pad in standing position was 382 N; over the thoracic brace pad it was 285 N. In the M brace group the mean primary right thoracic...

INTRODUCTION In-brace radiographic correction is considered a reliable check of brace efficacy. The aim of this study was to correlate the in-brace correction with the short term results of treatment (6 months). METHODS DESIGN pre-post study POPULATION 41 consecutive adolescent girls with idiopathic scoliosis who were prescribed a brace treatment (39 thoracic curves, 37±12°; 16 thoracolu...

The self-centring system presented in this paper is a novel damage control technique designed to improve the resilience of concentrically braced frames (CBF) under seismic action. Namely, traditional CBFs can undergo large residual drifts following an earthquake event which limit opportunity for cost-effective repair structure. Additionally, gusset plates connecting brace members beams and/or c...

Purpose: To determine the more effective ankle brace (lace-up or Aircast ankle brace) at providing dynamic postural control in volleyball players with unstable ankle under functional fatigue conditions. Methods: Subjects of this study participated in 3 separate testing sessions and did not use or used a different brace at each session i.e. no brace (NB), lace-up ankle brace (AB), and Airca...