Asian Spine Journal  2014;8(5):695-702

doi:10.4184/asj.2014.8.5.695

Evidence-Based of Nonoperative Treatment in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.

Hak Sun KIM 1

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Keywords

Scoliosis; Exercise; Orthotic devices; Braces

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

Until now because there are many published journals with a variety of opinions so I will stratify these articles by giving weighted value on grade evaluation which depend on each institution (written author and co-authors) and external evaluate status (SCI, SCIE, impact factor) rather than the outcomes provided by each article. Consequently, before evaluating publicized papers, study quality assessment of each interesting paper should be performed by mean of gauging the quality of evidence. Reviewing these articles, a grade of medical literature was divided into the following 5 levels as level I (randomized controlled study), level II (non-randomized controlled study), level III (case-control study), level IV (case series), and level V (expert opinions). However, in present article I concluded only involved medical literatures with weighted value of level I and II evidence.