Does Risser stage accurately predict the risk of curve progression in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated with night-time bracing?

Martin Heegaard Niklas Tøndevold Benny DahlThomas B AndersenMartin Gehrchen Søren Ohrt-Nissen

Published in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2023)

Risser stage does not provide a clinically meaningful differentiation of progression risk in AIS patients treated with a night-time brace. Risk assessment should include other more reliable measures of skeletal growth potential.

Keyphrases

risk assessment
human health
sleep quality
heavy metals
newly diagnosed