TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe treatment of scoliosis
AU  - STEINDLER A
Y1  - 1909/05/15
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1909.25420460020001e
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1572
EP  - 1573
VL  - LII
IS  - 20
N2  - 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
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1909.25420460020001e
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.25420460020001e
ER  -