Neuromuscular Scoliosis
Chris Vlahopoulos
Description
Collection
Title:
Neuromuscular Scoliosis
Creator:
Chris Vlahopoulos
Date:
2/16/2013
Text:
Dear List
I was wondering what type of brace you use for neuromuscular scoliosis. I have a 15 year old microencephaly patient with 60 degrees right thoracic neuromuscular scoliosis. Doctor wants a brace at this time. I usually treat NM scoliosis with a custom made soft boston brace with a rigid external frame with very good results. This time though I am thinking of normal porlyprop rigid Boston brace in order to try and achieve a bigger correction. However I am deeply concerned on how the patient will tolerate the enhanced corrective forces. So.... What do you all normally do in Neuromuscular scoliosis??
Chris Vlahopoulos, CPO
I was wondering what type of brace you use for neuromuscular scoliosis. I have a 15 year old microencephaly patient with 60 degrees right thoracic neuromuscular scoliosis. Doctor wants a brace at this time. I usually treat NM scoliosis with a custom made soft boston brace with a rigid external frame with very good results. This time though I am thinking of normal porlyprop rigid Boston brace in order to try and achieve a bigger correction. However I am deeply concerned on how the patient will tolerate the enhanced corrective forces. So.... What do you all normally do in Neuromuscular scoliosis??
Chris Vlahopoulos, CPO
Citation
Chris Vlahopoulos, “Neuromuscular Scoliosis,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/234708.
