RT Journal
A1 STEINDLER A
T1 THe treatment of scoliosis
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1909
FD May 15
VO LII
IS 20
SP 1572
OP 1573
DO 10.1001/jama.1909.25420460020001e
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.25420460020001e
AB In treating scoliosis by means of orthopedic corsets I think that it is difficult to meet the two most important requirements, the one of giving a reliable and uniform support to a deformed spine, the position of which has been improved by mechanic or gymnastic treatment, and the other of exerting a correcting influence on certain parts of the body by means of the orthopedic corset itself.A number of good and practical corsets have been devised, giving satisfactory results to a considerable extent. While the Hessing corsets furnish only a thorough support to the spine, a good correcting corset has been described lately by Bradford, the correcting force being exerted by means of shoulder straps, circular transverse springs and a swinging upright for pressure on the neck. But it seems to me that in cases in which there is a considerable shifting of the body to one side, for