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

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="435158.fig.002a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2012/435158/figures/435158.fig.002a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>16-year-old girl, Cheneau brace for 2 years, Cobb = 54°, Bunnell = 16°, Risser = 4</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="435158.fig.002b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2012/435158/figures/435158.fig.002b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>13-year-old girl, admitted for surgical treatment, Cobb = 50°, Bunnell = 20°, Risser = 1</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Two girls with right thoracic scoliosis of similar apex level. Digital photo (left) and surface topography (right) of the back. The surface topography image is presented in pseudo-Moire form for convenience.</table>

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Figure 2: Corrective Bracing for Severe Idiopathic Scoliosis in Adolescence: Influence of Brace on Trunk Morphology 