Research and Links

The Spine Corporation - more information about the SpineCor® brace

Belfast Scoliosis Clinic - the only SpineCor® bracing centre in Ireland

The Ulster Spine Centre - non-surgical spinal rehabilitation clinic in Belfast, N.I.

The London Scoliosis Clinic is dedicated to providing the most effective scoliosis treatment available. Below is a list of supporting research for the SpineCor® brace and articles used as references by this site.

SpineCor: A non-rigid brace for the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis: post treatment results - EurSpineJ(2003) 12:141-1

Adams W, Bunnell WP: Psychological effects of the Wilmongton brace in the treatment of scoliosis. Orthop Trans 13:91, 1989.

Bancel P, Kaelin A, Hall J et al: The Boston Brace: Results of a clinical and radiological study of 401 patients. Orthop Trans 8:33 -34, 1984.

Barois A, Bataille J: Retentissement cardio-respiratioire des cyphoscolioses, dans: Cahiers d'enseignement de la SOFCOT, 27-31, 1986.

Bassett GS, Bunnell WP, MacEwen GD: The treatment of idiopathic scoliosis with the Wilmington brace, results in patients with a 20-degree to 39-degree curve. J Bone Joint Surg 68A:602-605, 1986.

Berg U, Aaro S: Long-term effect of Boston brace treatment on renal function in patients with idiopathic scoliosis. Clin Orthop 180: 169-172, 1983.

Bunnell W. P.: The natural history of idiopathic scoliosis before skeletal maturity. Spine 11, 8: 773-776, 1986.

Canton J, Diana G, Jarousse Y, Mouillesseaux B. Picault C, Salanova C: Les orthèses, dans: Cahiers d'enseignement de la SOFCOT, 51-72, 1986.

Carr WA, Moe JH, Winter RB et al: Treatment of idiopathic scoliosis in the Milwaukee brace: Long-term results. J Bone Joint Surg 62A:599-612, 1980.

Clarisse P.: Pronostic évolutif des scolioses idiopathiques de 10° à 29° en période de croissance.: Thèse med. Lyon, 1974.

Collis DK, Ponseti IV: Long term follow-up of patients with diopathic scoliosis not treated surgically. J. Bone JointSurg. (AM), 1969, 51, 425.

Durand H, Salanova C: Brace treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, results in 477 patients (doctoral thesis). University of Toulouse, France, 1991.

Duriez J.: Évolution de la scoliose idiopathique chez l'adulte. Acta orthop. belg.,1967. 33, 547

Duval-Beaupère G: Examen, classification, évolution. In: La scoliose idiopathique, Cahiers d'enseignement de la SOFCOT, 13-24, 1986.

Duval-Beaupère G: Les lois d'évolutivité des scolioses. Application pratique. In: Réunion conjointe GES et SSQ. p. 115, Montréal, 1979.

Duval-Beaupère G: Les repères de maturation dans la surveillance des scolioses. Rev. Chir. orthop., 1970, 56.

Coillard C, Rivard CH   Vertebral deformities and scoliosis European Spinal Journal, 1996,  5(2), p.91-100

Nguyen VH, Leroux MA, Badeaux J, Zabjek K, Coillard C, Rivard CH.Classification des scolioses thoraco-lombaires gauches selon leur morphologie radiologique et leur géométrie posturale.
Annales de chirurgie, 1998, 52(8): pp:752-760.  

De la Huerta F, Leroux MA, Zabjek KF, Coillard C, Rivard CH. Évaluation stéréovidéographique de la géométrie posturale du sujet sain et scoliotique  Annales de chirurgie, 1998, 52(8): pp: 776-783.  

Beaudoin L, Zabjek KF, Leroux MA, Coillard C, Rivard CH.   Acute systematic and variable postural adaptations induced by an orthopaedic shoe lift in control subjects.  1999  European Spine Journal;8:40-45.  

Zabjek KF, Simard G, Leroux MA, Coillard C, Rivard CH. Comparaison de la fidélité de deux systèmes d’acquisition 3D sur l’étude de paramètres anthropométriques et posturaux. Annales de Chirurgie 1999 53 (8) 751-760.  

Coillard C, Leroux MA, Zabjek KF, Rivard CH. La réductibilité des scolioses idiopathiques dans le traitement orthopédique.  Annales de Chirurgie 1999 53 (8) 781-791.  

Leroux MA, Zabjek K, Simard G, Badeaux J, Coillard C, Rivard CH.   A non-invasive anthropometric technique for measuring Kyphosis and Lordosis : an application for idiopathic scoliosis.  Spine 2000, 25 (13) : 1689-1694.  

Griffet J, Leroux MA, Badeaux J, Coillard C, Zabjek KF, Rivard CH.   The relationship between gibbosity and Cobb angle for the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis.
European Spine Journal, 2000, 9(6); 516-522.  

Zabjek KF, Leroux MA, Coillard C, Martinez X, Griffet J, Simard G, Rivard CH Acute postural adaptations induced by an orthopaedic shoe lift in idiopathic scoliosis patients.  European Spine Journal, 2001, 10;107-113.  

Coillard C, Rivard C H. Etiology of idiopathic scoliosis :  an unsynchronized growth or why a system can turn chaotic European Spinal Resonances, 2001, 29; 1123- 1146.

Leroux MA, Zabjek K, Simard G, Coillard C, Rivard CH. Estimated kyphosis and lordosis changes at follow-up in patients with idiopathic scoliosis. 
J Pediatr Orthop 2002 ;22(1):73-9.