Braces

01/01/2014 - "Our study confirmed that conservative treatment with brace is highly effective in treating juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, in particular most patients reaching a complete curve correction and only 4.9% of patients need surgery."
02/01/2014 - "Consensuses by the international Society on Scoliosis Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Treatment (SOSORT) show that there is no agreement among experts either on the best braces or on their biomechanical action, and that compliance is a matter of clinical more than patients' behavior (there is strong agreement on the management criteria to achieve best results with bracing). "
01/01/2011 - "Milwaukee brace 23-hours wearing protocol was most effective for the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. "
05/01/2008 - "Milwaukee brace 23-hours wearing protocol was most effective for the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. "
08/01/1991 - "The leg:spine ratio comparisons of scoliosis groups against normals showed that brace and fusion groups had highly significantly greater ratios at first visit and at maturity, using uncorrected spinal length. "

08/12/2021 - "Most of these studies found using a knee valgus brace effective in reducing pain and improving activity level over different time intervals. "
06/01/2018 - "The most significant improvement concerned pain, showing that the brace used in this study may allow a better subjective outcome and a quicker return to sport. "
08/08/2011 - "The use of an unloader brace is effective in providing short-term pain relief and improved function; however, most patients subsequently opt for total knee replacement on the symptomatic knee."
08/05/2009 - "The Aircast brace is the next best treatment for such lesions (grades II and III) and will provide satisfactory support, but has been shown to be not as effective as the below-knee cast in terms of short to mid-term patients outcome (pain and function)."
07/24/2019 - "Pain resolved completely within 6 months and the brace was discontinued. "

10/01/2010 - "The principal key points, regarding the most effective treatment of post-traumatic spinal deformity in the pediatric SCI patients, suggest that the deformity should be prevented before the age of 10 to 12 years, younger SCI patients are unfavorable, nearly 100% of patients with SCI will develop a deformity, and brace treatment is generally recommended. "
05/01/2002 - "Better knowledge of brace forces should be helpful in brace design to achieve the best correction of first scoliotic deformities."
10/01/2009 - "Resolution of deformity allows for a good base for standing, improved ability to tolerate shoewear, and/or braces. "
04/15/2007 - "In addition, a significant improvement in the orientation of the plane of maximum deformity from 37 degrees to 23 degrees for lumbar curves was noted only in the test group, indicating that true 3-dimensional correction by the brace was obtained in this group. "
01/05/2022 - "At skeletal maturity, the deformities improved more than expected when compared to that of the natural history/observation and similar to that of other soft braces. "

08/01/2013 - "There is good evidence from high level randomized trials in the literature that the use of a brace is effective for the prevention of ankle sprains. "
05/28/2012 - "Treatment of acute ankle sprain with semi-rigid brace leads to significantly higher patient comfort and satisfaction, both with similar good outcome."
10/01/1990 - "Nevertheless, the air stirrup has not been shown to provide significantly greater inversion restriction than taping or lace-on braces and is not recommended as a first-line method of support for individuals with no history of recent ankle sprain. "
11/15/2018 - "Use of a functional ankle brace is more effective than immobilization or a compression wrap in terms of functional outcomes after an acute ankle sprain and prevention of future ankle sprains. "
10/01/2000 - "However, braces seem to be more effective in preventing ankle sprains than tape. "

08/01/2013 - "Even grades I and II injuries are most effectively treated with a semi-rigid ankle brace. "
11/01/2016 - "In higher functioning patients following limb salvage or trauma, IDEO use improved agility, power and speed, compared with no-brace or conventional bracing alternatives."
07/01/2018 - "Previous studies have showed the efficacy of removable brace treatment for distal radius buckle fractures in children, whereas others have independently suggested that these injuries do not require additional radiographic imaging. "
04/02/2021 - " 2000 and 2018, 6 children (median age at injury: 23.5 months; range: 16-31 months) with C1 or C2 injuries were treated with Minerva cast/brace or soft collar brace at 1 of the 2 study centers. "
01/01/2017 - "This paper describes the design and pilot trials of a simple but novel knee brace design that aims to actively aid the rehabilitation of the knee from ligament injuries, primarily the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). "