Archive for February 2009

A retrospective study of twenty-three adults treated for scoliosis using the Spinecor Orthosis

Feb 27th, 2009 | By | Category: Scoliosis

Gary Deutchman , Marc Lamantia, Joseph Indelacato and Marianna Raykhman The Scoliosis Care Foundation, 1085 Park Ave, Suite 1E, New York, NY 10128, USA from 4th International Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities Boston, MA, USA. 13–16 May 2007 The electronic version of this abstract is the complete one and can be found online [...]



Case 5 – 17 Year old girl, under treatment for 2 years. Post x-ray 3 months out of brace. Curvature reduced from ranged from 38° to 41° to 32° over that time.

Feb 27th, 2009 | By | Category: Scoliosis Cases

38° Initial                 32° Post 2 yr treatment



Case 4 – 9 year old, treated for 1 year without progression. Now part-time brace wearing.

Feb 27th, 2009 | By | Category: Scoliosis Cases

21° Initial                  0° Out of Brace



Case 3 – 14 year old Female, treated 3 months with Intensive Rehabilitation as well as Spinecor Brace wearing

Feb 27th, 2009 | By | Category: Scoliosis Cases

62 ° Initial                    49 ° Out of brace



Case 2

Feb 27th, 2009 | By | Category: Scoliosis Cases

18 ° Initial                                         9 ° Out of brace



Case 1 – 33 year old male treated for 16 months

Feb 27th, 2009 | By | Category: Scoliosis Cases

24° Initial – 10° after 16 months



SpineCor – a non-rigid brace for the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis: post-treatment results (Euro Spine 2004)

Feb 27th, 2009 | By | Category: Scoliosis

At 2 years follow-up there was an overall correction of greater than 5° for 55% of the patients, 38% had a stabilization and 7% had worsened by more than 5°. This initial cohort of patients demonstrated a general trend of initial decrease in spinal curvature in brace, followed by a correction and/or stabilization at the [...]



Effectiveness of the SpineCor Brace Based on the New Standardized Criteria Proposed by the Scoliosis Research Society for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Feb 27th, 2009 | By | Category: Scoliosis

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Etiologic Theories of Idiopathic Scoliosis: Neurodevelopmental Concept of Maturation Delay of the CNS Body Schema (“Body-in-the-Brain”) – RG Burwell et al (2005)

Feb 27th, 2009 | By | Category: Scoliosis

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Adolescent Case Study – Marc J. Lamantia

Feb 27th, 2009 | By | Category: Scoliosis

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