How Many Hours Are Enough? Rethinking Brace Prescriptions in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

August 26, 2026 1 min read Premium comments

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A retrospective study of 281 patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis attempts to estimate the “minimum effective wearing time,” or MEWT, required for adolescents to wear their brace and keep the probability of curve progression or surgical deterioration below defined thresholds.

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