Bracing Treatment of Scoliosis
Orthotic & Prosthetic Lab, Inc.
Scoliosis is a condition that affects 1 in every 200 children in the United States. There is no known cause of the most common form of Scoliosis, called idiopathic scoliosis. Girls are four to six times more likely to develop idiopathic scoliosis than boys. Scoliosis can develop gradually and in most cases it isn't diagnosed until a child is between 10 and 14 years old, this is called adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Scoliosis that occurs between 4 and 10 years of age is called Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis and scoliosis that occur as an infant called infantile idiopathic scoliosis.