Introduction
In the conservative management of scoliosis through orthotic
treatment, it is the orthotist’s responsibility to provide an optimally
fitting and functioning scoliosis brace and to achieve the
orthotic intervention’s objectives to reduce or hold the Cobb
angle and improve the patient’s clinical presentation at the end of
skeletal growth. There are many factors that can influence curve
patterns during the course of treatment, including good brace
correction. For brace correction to be effective, the orthotist must
identify changes in curve pattern that arise both predictably and
unpredictably during the patient’s growth and adjust the brace
to those changes.
