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ATuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: pplication of different measures of skeletal maturity in initiating weaning from a brace for scoliosis: two case reports | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL Sr CASE REPORTS Case report Application of different measures of skeletal maturity in initiating weaning from a brace for scoliosis two case reports LouAnn Rivett1 Alan Rothberg1 Aimee Stewart1 and Rowan Berkowitz2 Address Physiotherapy Department School of Therapeutic Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences University of the Witwatersrand PO Box 2398 Randburg 2125 South Africa and 2Sandton Sunninghill and Morningside Clinics Johannesburg South Africa Email LAR - lrivett@global.co.za AR - Alan.Rothberg@wits.ac.za AS - Aimee.Stewart@wits.ac.za RB - Rowan@orthocast.co.za Corresponding author Open Access Published 1 April 2009 Received 29 April 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 6444 doi 10.1186 1752-1947-3-6444 Accepted 22 January 2009 This article is available from http jmedicalcasereports.com jmedicalcasereports article view 3 4 6444 2009 Rivett et al licensee Cases Network Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.Org licenses by 3.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Various measures of skeletal maturity are used to initiate weaning from a brace in patients suffering from idiopathic scoliosis resulting in different outcomes. We present two cases with double major curves treated with the Rigo System Cheneau brace and weaned using different criteria. Case presentation Case 1 was a South African Caucasian girl who was initially treated with a brace at 14.75 years and who began weaning at 16.25 years on the basis of the Greulich and Pyle Index. She was out of her brace in 6 months at least 11 months before reaching skeletal maturity as shown by the Risser Sign. Case 2 was a South African Caucasian girl initially treated with a brace at 14.25 years and who began the weaning process at 17.67 years on the basis of skeletal maturity according to the Risser
