Geriatric Vertebral Compression Fracture: A Database Study Characterizing Use and Trends for Prescribed Thoracic/Lumbar Orthoses.

Overall, the current study examined over a quarter of a million patients who suffered a T5-L5 compression fractures and found that only 1.5% of patients were braced. This low percentage, and that greatest predictor for bracing was non-clinical (geographic region), highlight the inconsistency of this practice and may be useful for developing treatment algorithms.