The "Chêneau light" brace in patients with scoliosis – in-brace corrections

Abstract

Study design The correction effects of the first eighty-one consecutive patients, treated according to the principles of the Cheneau light brace [1], were evaluated after an average treatment time of six weeks. Outcome was based on comparison of a full-spine radiograph before and after bracing. At the start of treatment, the average Cobb angle was 35.6 degrees, the average age 12.9 ± 1.9 years, average Risser sign 1.3 ± 1.5, and average Tanner rating 2.75 ± 0.7.