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Nighttime Bracing or Exercise for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

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November 2024

Nighttime Bracing or Exercise for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Vol: 306| Issue: 11| Number:41| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Nighttime Bracing or Exercise in Moderate-Grade Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA Netw Open. 2024 01-Jan;():. 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.52492

Contributing Authors:
A Charalampidis E Diarbakerli M Dufvenberg K Jalalpour A Ohlin AA Ahl H Moller A Abbott P Gerdhem

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Synopsis

One hundred thirty-five patients with moderate-grade adolescent idiopathic scoliosis were randomized to receive nighttime bracing (NB) (n=45), scoliosis-specific exercise (SSE) (n=45), or physical activity alone (PA) as a control (n=45). The primary outcome was treatment success, defined as a Cobb angle progression of 6° or less before skeletal maturity. Secondary outcomes included surgical interv...

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