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Chêneau Brace

Dr. Chêneau fabricated the original "Chêneau Brace" in 1979 and is commonly used for the treatment of scoliosis and thoracic hypokyphosis in some European countries, though not commonly in either North America or the United Kingdom. The brace corrects by a system of multipoint pressure zones and expansion chambers.

Thoracic Hypokyphosis

• When the backward curve in the upper spine is too great.

• round back, Scheuermann's disease, or simply kyphosis.

Links: scoliosis | axial skeleton | Musculoskeletal System - Abnormalities

Reference

Zaborowska-Sapeta K, Kowalski IM, Kotwicki T, Protasiewicz-Fałdowska H & Kiebzak W. (2011). Effectiveness of Chêneau brace treatment for idiopathic scoliosis: prospective study in 79 patients followed to skeletal maturity. Scoliosis , 6, 2. PMID: 21266084 DOI.

Copyright

© 2011 Zabrowska-Sapeta et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Figure 1 adjusted in size, contrast and labelling from original figure. doi:10.1186/1748-7161-6-2

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