Scoliosis makes a person's spine curve from side to side. Curves can get worse as kids grow and may cause health problems. Health care providers sometimes suggest kids wear a brace while they're ...

A young woman with scoliosis has revealed her incredible transformation after surgeons straightened it with 20 screws. At ...

One significant area of research has been the classification of scoliosis braces. A study developed a comprehensive classification system for braces used in treating AIS, which aims to standardize ...

Often, it's not diagnosed until a child is 10 to 14 years old, the ages when most kids have ... in the joints of the spine For significant scoliosis curves, doctors usually recommend that kids wear a ...

Introduction Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a three-dimensional deformity of the spine. Brace treatment is effective for eligible patients with AIS and the effectiveness is significantly ...

While wearing a brace will not cure or reverse scoliosis, it usually prevents further ... or wires to hold the spine straight ...

Sophie is an energetic 13-year-old who loves to act ... for Sophie would be Schroth physical therapy (a special method to treat scoliosis) combined with a custom scoliosis brace that Sophie wears at ...

Scoliosis/Brace Group Have scoliosis curves requiring brace treatment for at least the next year. The Control Group Aged matched participants. Have healed forearm fractures . Will be matched to case ...