Add-on Nighttime Bracing in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Technische Universität Dresden

Status: Completed

Conditions: Scoliosis

Treatments: Procedure: Brace therapy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05424419

EK 27012018

Details and patient eligibility

About

Bracing is an accepted standard therapy for idiopathic scoliosis at Cobb angle ranges between 25° and 45°. However, it is unclear, if a specifically tailored regimen of daytime and nighttime braces (=double brace) yields superior results compared to the standard treatment (single brace for day and night). These two treatment regimens were investigated in the study.

Full description

One-hundred-fifteen patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) were assessed before initiation of bracing treatment and at the final follow-up 2 years after deposition of the brace. They were divided into two groups: double-brace group and single-brace group. Each patient underwent clinical and radiological examinations and Cobb angles were measured.

Enrollment: 115 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• AIS
• age between 10 and 15 years (y)
• Risser's sign of 0-2
• Cobb curvature angle of 25-40°
• no previous treatment
• compliance (at least 23 h wearing time)

Exclusion criteria

• non-idiopathic scoliosis
• Cobb curvature angle >40°
• <10 years and >15 years for initial treatment

Trial design

115 participants in 2 patient groups

double-brace group

Description:

AIS patients with daytime and nighttime braces

Treatment:

Procedure: Brace therapy

single-brace group

Description:

AIS patients with a single brace for day and night

Treatment:

Procedure: Brace therapy