Effectiveness of Bracing in Preventing Scoliosis in Children With Spinal Cord Injury
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Official title
Effectiveness of Full-Time Prophylactic Bracing at Preventing or Delaying Curve Progression in Paralytic Scoliosis Secondary to Spinal Cord Injury in the Growing Child: Randomized Trial
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether full-time high dose prophylactic bracing (23 hours or more per day) is more effective than low dose bracing (12 hours or less per day) in preventing or delaying spinal curve progression in children with scoliosis after spinal cord injury.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00256672
- Recruitment status
- Not listed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 88 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 5 Years to 16 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jun 2005 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Dec 2009 (Estimated)
- Completion
- Dec 2012 (Estimated)
- Last update posted
- Jun 13, 2008
2005 – 2012
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 3
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shriners Hospital for Children - Northern California | Sacramento | California | 95817 | — |
| Shriners Hospital for Children - Chicago | Chicago | Illinois | 60707 | — |
| Shriners Hospital for Children - Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19140 | — |
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- Last update posted Jun 13, 2008 · Synced Oct 30, 2026
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