Table 5. Correlational analysis of patients’ characteristics and Spinal appearance questionnaire.

Characteristics	SAQ domains
	General	Curve	Prominence	Trunk shift	Waist	Shoulders	Kyphosis		Chest		Total score
Brace application [hours/day]	rs = 0.15 p = 0.433	rs = 0.10 p = 0.613	rs = -0.17 p = 0.364	rs = 0.18 p = 1.000	rs = -0.17 p = 0.356	rs = -0.12 p = 0.537	rs = 0.15 p = 0.415		rs = -0.18 p = 0.335		rs = -0.08 p = 0.661
Brace application [months]	rs = -0.14 p = 0.460	rs = 0.20 p = 0.295	rs = -0.24 p = 0.196	rs = 0.01 p = 0.744	rs = -0.36 p = 0.051	rs = -0.19 p = 0.322	rs = -0.19 p = 0.303		rs = -0.22 p = 0.251		rs = -0.17 p = 0.367
Time after completed treatment [years]	rs = 0.10 p = 0.619	rs = -0.11 p = 0.566	rs = 0.06 p = 0.734	rs = 0.06 p = 0.328	rs = 0.32 p = 0.083	rs = 0.03 p = 0.869	rs = 0.01 p = 0.980		rs = 0.22 p = 0.253		rs = 0.19 p = 0.324
Body Mass Index
Before treatment	rs = 0.16 p = 0.406	rs = -0.38 p = 0.041	rs = -0.23 p = 0.215	rs = -0.07 p = 0.726	rs = 0.03 p = 0.867	rs = -0.13 p = 0.506	rs = 0.02 p = 0.911		rs = -0.19 p = 0.308		rs = -0.15 p = 0.438
After completed treatment	rs = 0.07 p = 0.724	rs = -0.14 p = 0.457	rs = -0.09 p = 0.624	rs = 0.06 p = 0.734	rs = -0.18 p = 0.329	rs = -0.18 p = 0.352	rs = -0.10 p = 0.604		rs = -0.23 p = 0.216		rs = -0.13 p = 0.506
In present study	rs = 0.15 p = 0.422	rs = 0.12 p = 0.530	rs = -0.06 p = 0.768	rs = 0.13 p = 0.494	rs = -0.11 p = 0.572	rs = -0.08 p = 0.675	rs = -0.13 p = 0.489		rs = -0.06 p = 0.762		rs = 0.03 p = 0.873
Curve type	p = 0.806	p = 0.092	p = 0.153	p = 0.112	p = 0.179	p = 0.057	p = 0.026		p = 0.111		p = 0.157
Curve size of the major curve (Cobb angle)
Before treatment	rs = 0.04 p = 0.849	rs = 0.28 p = 0.129	rs = 0.33 p = 0.175	rs = 0.33 p = 0.071	rs = 0.30 p = 0.106	rs = 0.32 p = 0.089	rs = 0.08 p = 0.661	rs = 0.42 p = 0.022		rs = 0.36 p = 0.052
After completed treatment	rs = 0.11 p = 0.485	rs = 0.28 p = 0.127	rs = 0.56* p = 0.001	rs = 0.53* p = 0.003	rs = 0.42 p = 0.020	rs = 0.35 p = 0.056	rs = 0.07 p = 0.700	rs = 0.47 p = 0.008		rs = 0.50* p = 0.005
In present study	rs = 0.04 p = 0.843	rs = 0.32 p = 0.084	rs = 0.46 p = 0.011	rs = 0.48 p = 0.007	rs = 0.38 p = 0.038	rs = 0.34 p = 0.066	rs = 0.06 p = 0.769	rs = 0.46 p = 0.010		rs = 0.44 p = 0.016
Curve change from end of treatment to present study**	rs = -0.21 p = 0.259	rs = 0.17 p = 0.376	rs = -0.01 p = 0.957	rs = 0.13 p = 0.493	rs = 0.01 p = 0.959	rs = 0.05 p = 0.803	rs = 0.09 p = 0.638	rs = 0.13 p = 0.506		rs = 0.02 p = 0.906
Apical translation [cm]***
Before treatment	rs = 0.13 p = 0.485	rs = 0.05 p = 0.804	rs = 0.18 p = 0.354	rs = 0.01 p = 0.939	rs = 0.33 p = 0.077	rs = 0.41 p = 0.026	rs = -0.01 p = 0.961	rs = 0.43 p = 0.016		rs = 0.26 p = 0.161
After completed treatment	rs = 0.26 p = 0.173	rs = 0.36 p = 0.053	rs = 0.40 p = 0.032	rs = 0.44 p = 0.014	rs = 0.47 p = 0.009	rs = 0.53* p = 0.002	rs = 0.11 p = 0.567	rs = 0.53* p = 0.002		rs = 0.53* p = 0.003
In present study	rs = -0.14 p = 0.470	rs = 0.38 p = 0.036	rs = 0.24 p = 0.210	rs = 0.32 p = 0.083	rs = 0.26 p = 0.172	rs = 0.23 p = 0.220	rs = 0.18 p = 0.337	rs = 0.33 p = 0.072		rs = 0.25 p = 0.184
Rib hump angle in present study	rs = 0.05 p = 0.785	rs = -0.01 p = 0.984	rs = 0.67 p = 0.727	rs = 0.14 p = 0.475	rs = -0.01 p = 0.944	rs = 0.01 p = 0.943	rs = 0.18 p = 0.352	rs = 0.02 p = 0.894		rs = -0.01 p = 0.965
Rib hump height in present study [cm]	rs = 0.12 p = 0.521	rs = -0.03 p = 0.870	rs = 0.06 p = 0.740	rs = 0.16 p = 0.408	rs = 0.32 p = 0.082	rs = 0.32 p = 0.008	rs = 0.11 p = 0.592	rs = 0.34 p = 0.008		rs = 0.26 p = 0.160
Thoracic kyphosis in present study [angle]	rs = 0.18 p = 0.326	rs = 0.16 p = 0.393	rs = 0.04 p = 0.848	rs = 0.35 p = 0.057	rs = 0.15 p = 0.432	rs = 0.23 p = 0.214	rs = 0.39 p = 0.036	rs = 0.16 p = 0.386		rs = 0.27 p = 0.156
Lumbar lordosis in present study [angle]	rs = 0.03 p = 0.900	rs = -0.21 p = 0.272	rs = 0.05 p = 0.812	rs = 0.13 p = 0.049	rs = 0.16 p = 0.410	rs = 0.09 p = 0.632	rs = 0.05 p = 0.790	rs = 0.11 p = 0.602		rs = 0.09 p = 0.634

Note

* p < 0.0056

**according to Nachemson and Peterson, success of treatment was defined as an increase in the curve of less than 6° from the start of bracing

*** the degree of the apical translation of center sacral vertical line (CSVL) according to the Harms Study Group; effect size (ES); Spinal Appearance Questionnaire (SAQ).