Does Bracing affect Bone Health in Females with adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis?
dc.contributor.author | Akseer, Nasreen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-11T13:33:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-09-11T13:33:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-09-11 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10464/4979 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study examined the bone mineral content (BMC) in young women with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS), treated with a brace (27.9 ±21.6 months, for 18.0±5.4 h/d) during adolescence (AIS-B, n = 15, 25.6 ±5.8 yrs), versus women with AIS but no treatment (AIS-NB, n = 15, 24.0 ±4.0 yrs), and women without AIS (C, n = 19, 23.5 ±3.8 yrs). After controlling for lean body mass, calcium and vitamin D daily intake, and strenuous physical activity, femoral neck BMC was lower in the AIS-B compared with AIS-NB and C (all p’s < .05). In summary, women with AIS, braced during their growing years are characterized by low lower limb BMC. However, the lack of a relationship between brace treatment duration and BMC, suggests that bracing was not the likely mechanism. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Brock University | en_US |
dc.subject | scoliosis | en_US |
dc.subject | bone | en_US |
dc.subject | QUS | en_US |
dc.subject | DXA/DEXA | en_US |
dc.subject | Brace | en_US |
dc.subject | females | en_US |
dc.title | Does Bracing affect Bone Health in Females with adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis? | en_US |
dc.type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation | en |
dc.degree.name | M.Sc. Applied Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.degree.level | Masters | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Applied Health Sciences Program | en_US |
dc.degree.discipline | Faculty of Applied Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.embargo.terms | None | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-08-03T02:17:28Z |