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| Methods | Randomized (by location) Controlled Trial |
| Participants | 37 females, Risser 0, Codd degrees 15‐25 |
| Interventions | nighttime Charleston bending brace versus observation |
| Outcomes | All patients in the observation group progressed to fulltime bracing threshold. In the nighttime bracing group, 29% of the patients did not progress to 25 degrees primary curve magnitude. Rate of progression to surgical magnitude was similar in the 2 groups. |
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