Table 2.

Literature review of the initial correction rate.

Author (Year)	Apex	Type of Brace	Correction Rate
Watts HG et al. (1977) [27]	below T10	Boston Brace	54.7%
Uden A et al. (1982) [28]	below T7	Boston Brace	41.0%
		Milwaukee Brace	10.0%
Jonasson-Rajala E et al. (1984) [29]	below T8	Boston Thoracic Brace	46.2%
		Boston Milwaukee Brace	29.3%
		Boston Brace	36.9%
Ohta K et al. (1988) [30]	—	Active Corrective Brace	53.8%
Kawakami N et al. (1991) [31]	—	Active Corrective Brace	17.6%
Asazuma T et al. (1991) [32]	below T7	Under Arm Brace	23.0% *
Arai S et al. (1992) [33]	—	Milwaukee Brace	44.2% *
Iwaya D et al. (1997) [34]	below T7	Charleston Bending Brace	75.0%
Semoto Y et al. (1999) [35]	below T7	OMC Brace	35.5%
Spoonamore MJ et al. (2001) [36]	—	Rosenberger Brace	30.0%
D’Amato CR et al. (2004) [37]	—	Providence Brace	96.0%
Yamazaka K et al. (2013) [26]	—	Under Arm Brace	38.7%
Kuroki H et al. (2015) [18]	below T8	OMC Brace	46.8%

* Maximum Correction Rate.