Health-Related Quality of Life in Untreated Versus Brace-Treated Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Abstract

Patients with moderate AIS report good quality of life in their 30s, as measured by both the SRS-22 and SF-36, regardless of whether they received no active treatment or were brace treated during adolescence. Neither of the groups displayed any difference compared with the age-matched norm groups for the SF-36.

Milwaukee brace or thoracolumbosacral orthosis? Which one affects the quality of life of adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis more? A cross-sectional study using the SRS-22 questionnaire

“…17,32 Also, there was no meaningful correlation between SRS-22 scores and curve patterns which is in agreement with previous studies. 14,29,33 In the current study, the participants also were asked to verbally state whether or not they faced any difficulties while wearing the brace, which were not addressed in the questionnaire. Most of the participants who used the Milwaukee brace had difficulties during sleep.…”

Body Appearance and Quality of Life in Adult Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Treated With a Brace or Under Observation Alone During Adolescence

“…Currently, the patient's own subjective opinion of the impact of the disease has been recognized and it is, therefore, used as a gauge of outcome. At a mean 16-year follow-up of the Swedish patients who had been included in the study during the 1980s, objective outcomes in terms of radiographical results for all patients 2 and subjective outcomes in terms of the quality of life of the nonbraced patients compared with the braced patients 3 have been previously reported.…”

Observational retrospective study on socio-economic and quality of life outcomes in 41 patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis 5 years after bracing combined with physiotherapeutic scoliosis-specific exercises (PSSE)

“…In contrast to the compared studies [19,20,25,26], where FTRB was the only treatment, in our study population continuous PSSE, supervised at regular intervals, was standard of care, as in a short-term follow-up study [27] (satisfaction with treatment MS 3.9). In addition to the positive impact of PSSE on the effectiveness of the treatment described elsewhere [8][9][10], PSSE might also lead to higher satisfaction with the treatment [8].…”

“…Compared to studies with a longer follow-up [19,20,25,26] and accordingly higher mean age (between 32 and 41 years), our results were in range of the published data in all of the quality of life-related domains of the SRS-24 (pain, selfimage, and general function) but in the domain satisfaction with treatment where we received slightly more positive feedback from our study population (this study: MS 4.2 vs compared studies: MS 3.5-3.8). In contrast to the compared studies [19,20,25,26], where FTRB was the only treatment, in our study population continuous PSSE, supervised at regular intervals, was standard of care, as in a short-term follow-up study [27] (satisfaction with treatment MS 3.9).…”