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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Oct 1;38(21):1832–1841. doi: 10.1097/01.brs.0000435048.23726.3e

Table V.

Sample Size and Power Calculations

Control Failure Rate 30%
Bracing Failure Rate 15%
Significance Level 0.05
Sample Size 348
Sample Size Adjusted for 10% drop-out 384
Percent of subjects in braced group Power
        25% 0.82
        40% 0.91
        50% 0.92
        60% 0.91
        75% 0.85