Abstract
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a common spinal condition found in teenagers during their puberty years. To minimize the rate of spinal progression and the risk for the need of surgical intervention, AIS patients are often prescribed treatment based on the extent of their spinal curvature. Among treatment options, rigid braces are a universal and effective treatment device recommended for moderate AIS patients with a Cobb’s angle that is greater than 20° with Risser signs 0–2. Other options like non-rigid braces are less frequently used due to their ambiguous efficacy. To compare the effectiveness of non-rigid braces and proven rigid orthoses, in-brace spinal correction of anisotropic textile brace and Boston brace will be compared here. This case study shows that anisotropic textile brace provides a comparable initial in-brace correction as that of the Boston brace, a better corrective effect for coronal and sagittal imbalances, and even a higher acceptance of patient.
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This work is supported by funding from the RGC General Funds [PolyU 152101/16E] entitled “Anisotropic Textile Braces for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis” and a research student grant to Miss WONG Sze Ham from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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Wong, C.Sh., Yip, J., Yick, Kl., Ng, Z.Sp. (2021). A Case Study of Initial In-Brace Spinal Correction of Anisotropic Textile Brace and Boston Brace. In: Kalra, J., Lightner, N.J., Taiar, R. (eds) Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 263. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80744-3_14
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