Open AccessTreatment stability of Milwaukee brace in idiopathic hyperkyphosis
Author(s) -
Mahboobeh Mehdikhani,
Hamid Behtash,
Mohammad Saleh Ganjavian,
Noor Azuan Abu Osman,
Nafiseh Khalaj
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
prosthetics and orthotics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.729
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1746-1553
pISSN - 0309-3646
DOI - 10.1177/0309364613499063
Subject(s) - medicine , brace , kyphosis , physical therapy , retrospective cohort study , orthodontics , surgery , radiography , mechanical engineering , engineering
The Milwaukee brace is an efficient method for correcting hyperkyphosis before skeletal maturity. However, loss of correction in long-term follow-up is inevitable.
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