Green N E
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1986 Jun;68(5):738-42.
Forty-four patients with fifty-five scoliotic curves were studied to determine the efficacy of part-time bracing. All patients were skeletally immature at the initiation of treatment with the brace. All but one of the patients had a curve of at least 25 degrees that had shown 5 degrees of documented progression. Each patient wore the brace for sixteen hours a day, most patients preferring not to wear it during school hours. The patients all completed the course of treatment. Because of the margin of error in radiographic measurements, a change in the magnitude of the curve of 5 degrees or more was considered significant. Twenty-five patients, with twenty-seven curves, showed a change of less than 5 degrees from the initiation of brace treatment to final follow-up. The other nineteen patients (twenty-eight curves) showed a change of more than 5 degrees in at least one of the curves, with four of them showing worsening and the other fifteen showing improvement.
对44例患有55条脊柱侧弯曲线的患者进行了研究，以确定兼职支具治疗的疗效。所有患者在开始使用支具治疗时骨骼均未成熟。除1例患者外，所有患者的侧弯曲线至少为25度，且有记录显示进展了5度。每位患者每天佩戴支具16小时，大多数患者不愿在上学时间佩戴。所有患者均完成了治疗过程。由于X线测量存在误差范围，侧弯曲线幅度变化5度或更多被认为具有显著性。25例患者（27条曲线）从开始支具治疗到最终随访显示变化小于5度。其他19例患者（28条曲线）至少有一条曲线变化超过5度，其中4例病情恶化，另外15例病情改善。
