Assessment of stress in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients while wearing a brace

Autor: T Kuru, Hurriyet Yilmaz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Scoliosis, Vol 7, Iss Suppl 1, p O4 (2012)
Scoliosis
ISSN: 1748-7161
Popis: Results 38 patients (mean age= 13.96±3.48; range 8-17) who had came Formed Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic between March 2008 and November 2010 were included in this study and fulfilled the questionnaire. They were using Cheneau brace for 11.65±11.37 months (range 2-30) 7 were male and 31 were female. Mean Cobb angle was 34.45° ± 10.89 (range 18-57) and mean rotation angle was 6.13° ± 4.19 (range 0-22). The average stress value was 11.57 ± 5.25 (range 22-3). There was a negative correlation between brace using time and stress (r= -0,870, p=0,03); and there was no correlation between age and stress (r=0,208, p=0,64).
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