Idiopathic Scoliosis
Continued		 Bracing is prescribed when progression is documented
in a skeletally immature patient.

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2. Bunch, WH., andA.G. Patwardham,Scoliosis-Making Clinical Decisions. Philadelphia, C.B.Mosby. 1989.

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