Study looking at whether braces offer benefit for curved spines
ST. LOUIS , Mo. — Scoliosis screenings in middle schools find thousands of teenagers with curved spines each year.
What happens next isn’t as well planned.
Treatment for scoliosis hasn’t changed in five decades. If the spine is curved to a certain degree, the teenager gets a back brace.
But research has not conclusively proved the benefits of the braces.
Some young people who don̵...
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