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You are here: Home / Scoliosis Research / Natural Progression of Scoliosis Vs SpineCor Treatment

Natural Progression of Scoliosis Vs SpineCor Treatment

13-Mar-2015 by Dr Brett Diaz 4 Comments

Canadian Scoliosis Research Study On Natural Progression

The most common conventional medical recommendation for a child’s scoliosis is to tell the parents to simply “watch & wait” and see if it gets any worse before they consider starting any treatment.

But is this really a good idea?

The basis of this recommendation for “no treatment” is the assumption that the natural progression of your child’s scoliosis is probably not going to be significant.

But is this a safe assumption?

A group of Canadian scoliosis researchers sought out to examine this question.

The research study was lead by two prominent orthopedic surgeons, Dr. Christine Coillard and Dr. Charles Rivard at Sainte-Justine University Children’s Hospital Research Centre in Montreal, Canada.

The study showed that in at least half the cases of scoliosis they examined that assumption was not correct.

In this study the researchers examined 68 teens who had been diagnosed with scoliosis with starting curves between 15° to 30° and who also had a high risk for progressive scoliosis.

A risk factor for the progression of scoliosis is having a family history of scoliosis.
A risk factor for the progression of scoliosis is having a family history of scoliosis.

A child is considered to be at high risk if they had any of the following risk factors:

  • A family history of scoliosis
  • early onset of a curve
  • late onset of puberty
  • they have already shown some progression in their curves

Half the participants were placed in the Treatment Group that underwent SpineCor bracing the other half in the Control Group that did not receive treatment for their scoliosis, instead just “watched & waited”.

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The researchers evaluated the differences in outcomes between the natural progression of scoliosis in children in the study who went without treatment vs those who had undergone SpineCor treatment.

Researchers evaluated the differences in outcomes over a 5 year period between the natural progression of scoliosis for those who went without treatment vs. those who were place in a SpineCor brace.

At the end of the 5 year study , 50% of the SpineCor Group had improvement in their curves compared to only 9.5% in the control population.

Improvement of Scoliosis - SpineCor vs Natural Progression

On the other end of the spectrum, the untreated group had nearly double the rate of scoliosis progression vs. the SpineCor treated group.

Worsening of Scoliosis As A Result of Natural Progression

In fact, many patients in the control group had an initial progression of more than 5° that they had to be removed from the study and provided with treatment.

An extrapolation of the data showed that if those patients had continued in the study progression in the control group would have be around 75%, nearly triple the rate of SpineCor treated patients.

Natural Progression of Scoliosis Vs SpineCor Treatment

The SpineCor results appear to stay maintained over the long term, with 73.1% of patients continued to have stabilized or reduced their curves after stopping treatment.

This study showed that the natural progression of scoliosis, if left untreated is around 50% in this population of patients.

While those treated with the SpineCor brace were able to significantly reduce the probability of the progression, 73.1% of the time in early idiopathic scoliosis compared with its natural history.

The study clearly showed that for children with these risk factors the natural progression of their scoliosis are likely worsen if no intervention is provided.

It also concluded that SpineCor is an effective treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with long- term positive outcomes that is best provided as early on as possible, when the scoliosis is most correctable.

Spinnaker Treatment Vs Natural Progression of Scoliosis

Filed Under: Scoliosis Research Tagged With: Classics, Idiopathic Scoliosis

Comments

  1. dana durand says

    23-Mar-2015 at 09:19

    had my surgery in 1966-we did not have choices then-however I have never doubted having the correction I have two Harrington rods put in by Dr John Hall in Toronto and I have never had any problems. I do what I want, wear what I want and live a real full life

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  2. Peter Brown, Charleston, SC says

    30-Mar-2015 at 13:49

    I wonder why these conclusions are being drawn from such a small sample size. It seems to me given how individual outcomes seem to be and that the diagnosis and condition is unfortunately not uncommon that a larger sample size would have provided more conclusive results.

    Reply
    • Dr Brett Diaz says

      30-Mar-2015 at 15:34

      Peter, Certainly a larger sample size is preferable for the reason you mention, but when you are talking about gathering a large sample in a very small niche like non-surgical scoliosis treatment, it’s difficult to gather an extremely large sample size for a study.

      Reply
  3. Kuma says

    9-Apr-2015 at 23:27

    I have experience with Idiopathic Scoliosis , 60 cob angel ( c curve ) . it was reduced to 50 cob angel with the treatment of oil therapy ( Pancha karma treatment in Auruweda ) with wearing brace for 3 years. Swimming is the best exercise for this.

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