Table 1: The in-brace correction and the outcome of bracing in different studies following the SRS (2005) guidelines. RSC refers to Rigo System Cheneau brace. Cheneau + ex refers to Cheneau brace and PSSE. T1 (B) refers to baseline Cobb angle before bracing. T2 refers to Cobb angle after bracing. % corr refers to the percentage of in-brace correction. Imp% refers to percentage of improvement of curves by more than 6o; stab % refers to curves change within ± 5o of baseline measurement; worse % refers to percentage of curves increase by 6o or more. Surg % refers to percentage of patients that required surgery for treatment. NR refers to “not reported”.
| Brace |
Authors |
Age |
No/Sex |
T1 (B) |
T2 |
% Corr |
Imp % |
Stab % |
Worse % |
Surg % |
| Rosenberg |
Spoonamore et al. 2004 |
10 to 16 |
59F12M |
30.9 |
21.5 |
30 |
- |
43.7 |
56.3 |
31 |
| Boston |
Yrjönen et al. 2007 |
14.9 |
33M |
31.5 |
18.8 |
40 |
- |
81.8 |
18.2 |
6 |
| Boston |
Yrjönen et al. 2007 |
13 |
33F |
31.9 |
16.8 |
47 |
- |
72.7 |
27.3 |
NR |
| RSC |
Maruyama 2015 |
11.9 |
27F, 6M |
30.8 |
14.2 |
54 |
24.2 |
51.6 |
24.2 |
12 |
| Lyon |
de Mauroy 2011 |
13.8 |
1338 |
29.5 |
10.8 |
63 |
67.2 |
27.8 |
5 |
NR |
| Cheneau + ex |
De Giorgi 2013 |
11.3 |
48 |
27 |
7.6 |
72 |
100 |
0 |
0 |