Table 5.
Adherence of the entire population to the expected EBPA option.
| Risser | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobb Degrees | Intensity of Treatment | |||
| 10–20° | 0 | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| 1 | 78% | 80% | 82% | |
| 2 | 5% | 4% | 1% | |
| 3 | 5% | 10% | 10% | |
| 4 | 1% | 0% | 0% | |
| 5 | 1% | 1% | 2% | |
| 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| 21–30° | 0 | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| 1 | 16% | 18% | 24% | |
| 2 | 14% | 9% | 6% | |
| 3 | 39% | 45% | 47% | |
| 4 | 13% | 7% | 6% | |
| 5 | 8% | 11% | 10% | |
| 6 | 9% | 8% | 7% | |
| 31–40° | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 1% | 0% | 1% | |
| 2 | 0% | 1% | 1% | |
| 3 | 9% | 7% | 4% | |
| 4 | 16% | 15% | 9% | |
| 5 | 4% | 17% | 18% | |
| 6 | 70% | 59% | 67% | |
| Severe (41–45°) | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| 4 | 2% | 0% | 0% | |
| 5 | 0% | 0% | 7% | |
| 6 | 98% | 100% | 93% | |
The treatment applied is listed for each clinical condition (defined according to the degree of scoliosis and Risser test—see Appendix A). The intensity of applied treatment follows this ordinal scale: 0. Observation, 1. PSSE (SEAS School), 2. Elastic brace (SpineCor), 3. Rigid brace 18/21 h/d, 4. Rigid brace 22/24 h/d, 5. Very rigid brace (Sforzesco) 18–21 h/d, 6. Very rigid brace (Sforzesco) 22–24 h/d. The yellow cells correspond to the expected EBPA. There are patients with treatment above or below the expected EBPA range. The choices performed for each subgroup are reported in Table 4 to compare with the benchmarked studies.