title: [Conservative treatment of idiopathic scoliosis with effective braces: early response to trunk asymmetry may avoid curvature progress].
abstract: Vertical posture of the growing child requires minute central nervous control mechanisms in order to maintain symmetry of the torso in its various activities. Scoliosis describes a constant deviation in the frontal, transverse and sagittal planes from the dynamic symmetry of the trunk. Early intervention with effective bracing, physiotherapy and sports can reverse curve progression during growth spurts, once these are identified in screening. Modern braces have a derotating and reducing effect (mirror effect) on asymmetric body volumes, thus influencing the growing torso and restoring lasting symmetry. Recent data support the use of braces to reverse progressing scoliosis.
authors.affiliation: Sektionsleitung Kinderorthopädie und Wirbelsäulenchirurgie, Orthopädische Klinik, Universität Regensburg, Asklepios Klinikum Bad Abbach, Kaiser-Karl V. Allee 3, 93077, Bad Abbach, Deutschland, j.matussek@asklepios.com.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matussek
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dingeldey
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rezai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nahr
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001915:Braces; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008297:Male; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*