Asian Spine J.  2014 Oct;8(5):695-702. 10.4184/asj.2014.8.5.695.

Evidence-Based of Nonoperative Treatment in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

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  • 1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gangnam Severance Spine Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. haksunkim@yuhs.ac

Abstract

Until now because there are many published journals with a variety of opinions so I will stratify these articles by giving weighted value on grade evaluation which depend on each institution (written author and co-authors) and external evaluate status (SCI, SCIE, impact factor) rather than the outcomes provided by each article. Consequently, before evaluating publicized papers, study quality assessment of each interesting paper should be performed by mean of gauging the quality of evidence. Reviewing these articles, a grade of medical literature was divided into the following 5 levels as level I (randomized controlled study), level II (non-randomized controlled study), level III (case-control study), level IV (case series), and level V (expert opinions). However, in present article I concluded only involved medical literatures with weighted value of level I and II evidence.

Keyword

Scoliosis; Exercise; Orthotic devices; Braces

MeSH Terms

Adolescent*
Braces
Humans
Orthotic Devices
Scoliosis*
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