and review on the Orthotic treatment of kyphosis. (This was for
our Academy’s Pediatric Certificate Program, to which my
subject was the management of the pediatric and adolescent
spine). If you don’t mind the brevity, I thought the easiest way
to respond to your questions would be to simply provide you a
copy of the outline format of my powerpoint slides. I hope you
find this helpful, and please don’t hesitate to contact me should if
you have any questions about my post.
Sincerely,
Don Katz, C.O.
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Dallas, Texas
……From the powerpoint outline:
>5E in three or more adjacent vertebrae.
wedging and kyphosis.
diagnostic.
disease exists.
positive prognostic outcome throughout adulthood.
maturity.
for increasing curvature with follow-up.
reacting to throat-mold.
below; one report proporting no more than 70 degrees to be a
threshold for low-profile consideration.
8-12 months to be sufficient.
maturity should result in an acceptable curve of around 50 degrees in
adulthood.
same as that for scoliosis? That is, 50% correction? Also, can a 55 degree
curve be effectively managed with the apex at T9 with a low profile brace,
having the second pressure point at T9 and the counter forces at the
abdomin and 1.5cm below the sternal notch?
Finally, is the weaning process from the orthosis basically the same for
scoliosis? Thank you in advance for your responses. I will post them after
I receive all the responses.
John Burger C.P.O.
Efes Protez/Ortez Rehabilitasyon Merkezi
1432 Sokak 5/2
Kahramanlar, Izmir, Turkey