Objective assessment of brace wear times and physical activities in two patients with scoliosis.
Conservative treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis consists of therapeutic exercise and the application of braces. The effectiveness of bracing mainly depends on patient compliance, which can be determined by means of temperature sensors. This methodological paper describes the feasibility of objectively determining compliance and daily physical activities before and during conservative scoliosis treatment, being a relevant indicator for quality of life in children and adolescents. One patient with low compliance (61.4±24.9%) reduced her activity level during bracing by 50.1%, whereas another patient with a satisfactory compliance (85.7±19.5%) increased her daily activity level by 33.7% during conservative treatment.
Movement Analysis Lab, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany. c.mueller@uni-muenster.de
Carsten
C
Müller
Corinna
C
Winter
Dieter
D
Klein
Katharina
K
Damaske
Carolin
C
Schmidt
Tobias
T
Schulte
Viola
V
Bullmann
Dieter
D
Rosenbaum
D001915:Braces; D002648:Child; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome