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"Brace Technology" Thematic Series - The ScoliOlogiC® Chêneau light™ brace in the treatment of scoliosis

Overview of attention for article published in Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders, September 2010
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Title
"Brace Technology" Thematic Series - The ScoliOlogiC® Chêneau light™ brace in the treatment of scoliosis
Published in
Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders, September 2010
DOI 10.1186/1748-7161-5-19
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Authors

Hans-Rudolf Weiss, Mario Werkmann

Abstract

Bracing concepts in use today for the treatment of scoliosis include symmetric and asymmetric hard braces usually made of polyethylene (PE) and soft braces. The plaster cast method worldwide seems to be the most practiced technique for the construction of hard braces at the moment. CAD (Computer Aided Design) systems are available which allow brace adjustments without plaster. Another possibility is the use of the ScoliOlogiC™ off the shelf system enabling the Certified Prosthetist and Orthotist (CPO) to construct a light brace for scoliosis correction from a variety of pattern specific shells to be connected to an anterior and a posterior upright. This Chêneau light™ brace, developed according to the Chêneau principles, promises a reduced impediment of quality of life in the brace. The correction effects of the first 81 patients (main diagnosis Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) [n = 64] or Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS) [n = 15]), treated according to the principles of the Chêneau light™ brace have shown a satisfactory in-brace correction exceeding 50% of the initial Cobb angle.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 91 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 15%
Student > Bachelor 14 15%
Researcher 10 11%
Student > Master 9 10%
Other 7 8%
Other 16 18%
Unknown 21 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 35 38%
Engineering 9 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 5%
Sports and Recreations 5 5%
Other 11 12%
Unknown 20 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 November 2014.
All research outputs
#15,169,543
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders
#144
of 320 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#82,194
of 104,936 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders
#6
of 15 outputs
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