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Scoliosis Spinecor Brace
Providers
 
Welcome to Scoliosis SpineCor
Brace,
we are the web's premier provider for SpineCor Brace (the
First and Only Dynamic Corrective Brace For Idiopathic
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SpineCor
Treatment Procedure
1st Visit: Brace Fitting
In the 1st visit, some evaluations are required
in order to fit the SpineCor brace.
To help to perform these evaluations, some
anatomical points can be mark on your back with a make-up
pencil, which will be erased at the end of the visit.
For all the evaluations, you
will be asked to place your feet in a foot template to avoid
any influence of an eventual change of your position on the
evaluations.
Then, the following evaluations will be
performed:
1st. Clinical Evaluation: to evaluate your
growth pattern and any postural abnormalities.
2nd. Radiological Evaluation: a radiological
study is needed to evaluate the type of curve and its
potential of progression. The x-rays required for this study
are the following:
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Frontal x-ray
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Lateral x-ray
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Prone x-ray (optional)
Note: All x-rays used for evaluation should be
less than one month old in order to have accurate information
to evaluate the scoliosis curve. If x-rays are older
than one month the films should be repeated on the day of the
evaluation.
The data resulting from the clinical and
radiological exams are entered in the SpineCor Assistant
Software, which will provide information to fit the brace
correctly.
Once the brace is fitted, it is necessary to
evaluate the effectiveness of the brace fitting performing the
following exams:
1st. Clinical Evaluation in Brace
2nd. Radiological Evaluation in Brace: 1 new
frontal x-ray in brace is required to confirm the result.
(N.B. This is to confirm a positive action of the brace
and does not indicate the maximum correction, unlike rigid
braces the SpineCor? brace provides slow progressive
changes.)
At the end of the visit, all
patients/parents will be shown how to perform their specific
Corrective Movement and shown how to correctly fit the brace,
maintaining an optimal corrective movement position, and how
to take it off. Patients/parents should demonstrate by
fitting the brace independently 2 to 3 times that they
fully understand the correct fitting procedure. Each
patient is provided with a Patient Manual with the
instructions to fit the brace correctly and indications for
its correct maintenance.
SpineCor Treatment
Overview
SpineCor treatment was developed in the early
1990s and utilises a Dynamic Corrective Brace (DCB), together
with a completely new treatment approach requiring clinical
assistant diagnostic software (SAS) to allow accurate fitting
and treatment follow up.
Following 12 years of clinical research
and trials, SpineCor is now rapidly being made available
to patients around the world.
The initial excellent clinical results produced
by the research centre at Ste Justine Hospital and the
University of Montrea, Canada, have since been replicated by
more than 80 other treatment centres around the world.
SpineCor has shown to be effective in 89% of cases (either by
stablisation or improvement in (Cobb) angle of the
curve.
SpineCor's unique treatment approach offers
improvement over traditional braces, which are essentially
static or allow minimal movement, due to its true
totally dynamic
action. Fundamental research by independent
research groups now indicates that a significant dynamic
action is required on the spine (vertebral growth plates) to
alter the abnormal growth progressing the deformity in
scoliosis patients.
The SpineCor treatment approach is completely different to
that of traditional braces that use 3-point pressure and
distraction; it is the first and only true dynamic bracing
system for idiopathic scoliosis. SpineCor's unique
approach to treatment by global postural re-education has been
shown to give progressive correction over time which, unlike
any previous brace treatment, is extremely stable post brace
weaning.
Clinical experience to date
also shows better compliance and cosmetic results.
SpineCor:
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Allows patients four hours per
day out of brace
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Allows total freedom of movement
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Offers better cosmesis under
clothing, and
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Is cooler to wear.
With all of these benefits,
it is not difficult to see why compliance might be better than
with bulky, rigid braces that severely restrict movement and
must be worn 23 hours per day.
Although to date no specific study
has been undertaken to quantify cosmetic improvement,
subjectively, some striking improvements have been observed
clinically. Additionally, some very positive postural
changes have been noted in cases where there has been no
change in Cobb angle.
Summary
SpineCor offers:
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A treatment approach based on the latest
understanding of the cause and progression factors of
Idiopathic
scoliosis.
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A much more acceptable treatment to patients,
being cooler to wear, less restrictive, more easily
concealed under clothing and 4 hours of out of brace time
per day.
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No side effects. Rigid braces
cause muscle atrophy and can be harmful to normal
development in a growing child.
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Excellent treatment results, particularly
when treatment is started early.
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Excellent stability of treatment results post
bracing.
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Neuromuscular integration for maintenance of
improved posture.
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Potential to reduce incidence of surgical
intervention.
Conclusion
SpineCor is a highly effective for the early
treatment of
idiopathic scoliosis as demonstrated in the case study and
also offers significant benefits to patients who present
late. The real challenge is, therefore, to increase
awareness of the absolute importance of early diagnosis and,
that a viable treatment for early intervention is now
available. Clearly it is easier to prevent progression
of a small curve than to reverse the deformity in a large
curve. Timing is of absolute importance - the later
treatment is started the lesser the possibility there is to
change the curve, as the child's growth runs out so does the
possibility to make any change.
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