Clinical Study

Corrective Bracing for Severe Idiopathic Scoliosis in Adolescence: Influence of Brace on Trunk Morphology

Figure 4

16 year old girl, treated with Cheneau brace for 1.5 years, including 5 months full time and 1.0 year part time wearing. Thoracic Cobb angle 54°, lumbar Cobb angle 60°, Risser sign 4. Two years after menarche. Main curve ATR = 10°, sum of three ATRs = 17°, POTSI = 16.0, HS = 14, (a) raster stereography; (b) radiographs.
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(a) Raster stereography image in standing (top) and sitting forward bending (bottom) position
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(b) Standing AP and lateral radiographs