10/03/2020
Bracing for Scoliosis works!! Don't wait&see your curve get bigger! Talk to us today to understand how bracing as early intervention prevents the curve from getting bad to worse!
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Bracing might not always be the highlight of your scoliosis journey, but it is an effective way to control your curve! ππ
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The BrAIST Study (Bracing in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Trial) is the most groundbreaking scoliosis research in recent history. Published in 2013, this study showed the effectiveness of scoliosis bracing and the relationship between brace wear-time and success. π©πΌβπ«π©πΌβπ«β β β β β β β β β β β β
242 patients with curves between 20 β 40 degrees participated in the BrAIST study. Patients were assigned to either the bracing group or the observation-only group. The patients in the bracing group were instructed to wear their brace 18 hours per day. The patients in the observation-only group received no additional treatment and did not wear a brace. β β β β β β β β β β β β
βSuccessβ meant that the curve did not progress to 50 degrees and the patient reached skeletal maturity, while βfailureβ meant that the curve did progress to 50 degrees or worse. β β β β β β β β β β β β
The study was STOPPED EARLY because bracing was shown to be so effective. Encouraging patients to continue in the observation-only group without a brace was UNETHICAL. βββ β β β β β β β β β β β
72% of patients in the bracing group did not need surgery, while only 48% of patients in the observation-only group avoided surgery. In the bracing group, 90% of the patients who wore their brace for 13 or more hours a day avoided surgery. β β β β β β β β β β β β
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To put it simply, BRACING WORKS! π
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