## Objectives • The aim of this review is to evaluate the efficacy of bracing for adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis.
Cochrane Review: Braces for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents
✍ Scribed by Stefano Negrini; Silvia Minozzi; Josette Bettany-Saltikov; Fabio Zaina; Nachiappan Chockalingam; Theodoros B. Grivas; Tomasz Kotwicki; Toru Maruyama; Michele Romano; Elias S. Vasiliadis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 381 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1557-6272
- DOI
- 10.1002/ebch.620
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