2005 Bracing in Scoliosis Medscape

Description: Bracing in scoliosis used for 40 years, but never tested in randomized trial until now?
Medscape Medical News February 24, 2005
Washington DC - Surprisingly for a medical intervention that is widely accepted as a standard treatment, bracing for scoliosis has never been subjected to a randomized clinical trial. With the controversy brewing over the mandatory screening for scoliosis in schools in many parts of the US and the fact that bracing remains the only medical intervention for adolescents who are diagnosed, the pressure is mounting to provide evidence for benefits from bracing, and a trial is now planned.