Electronic monitoring of orthopedic brace compliance

PURPOSE: Brace compliance measurement in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) has been the subject of a few recent studies. Various sensors have been developed to measure compliance. We have developed a temperature-based data logger—the Cricket—specifically for scoliosis braces, with associated cus...

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Autores principales: Rahman, Tariq, Sample, Whitney, Yorgova, Petya, Neiss, Geraldine, Rogers, Kenneth, Shah, Suken, Gabos, Peter, Kritzer, Dan, Bowen, J. Richard
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Original Clinical Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4619370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26310101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11832-015-0679-3
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author Rahman, Tariq
Sample, Whitney
Yorgova, Petya
Neiss, Geraldine
Rogers, Kenneth
Shah, Suken
Gabos, Peter
Kritzer, Dan
Bowen, J. Richard
author_facet Rahman, Tariq
Sample, Whitney
Yorgova, Petya
Neiss, Geraldine
Rogers, Kenneth
Shah, Suken
Gabos, Peter
Kritzer, Dan
Bowen, J. Richard
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description PURPOSE: Brace compliance measurement in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) has been the subject of a few recent studies. Various sensors have been developed to measure compliance. We have developed a temperature-based data logger—the Cricket—specifically for scoliosis braces, with associated custom software, that is embedded directly in the brace. The purpose of this study was to analyze patterns of brace wear and patient compliance among children with AIS using the Cricket. METHODS: Fifty-five AIS patients prescribed various brace-time regimens were monitored using the Cricket. All subjects were treated with the Wilmington brace. The compliance rate for each group was determined. RESULTS: Overall compliance among subjects was 69.9 ± 31.5 %. Only 14.5 % met or exceeded prescribed brace time. This is consistent with previous compliance monitoring results. CONCLUSION: The results of this study objectively show the difference between prescribed and actual brace wear time and reaffirm the Cricket sensor as an accurate and comfortable brace-monitoring device.
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spelling pubmed-46193702015-10-29 Electronic monitoring of orthopedic brace compliance Rahman, Tariq Sample, Whitney Yorgova, Petya Neiss, Geraldine Rogers, Kenneth Shah, Suken Gabos, Peter Kritzer, Dan Bowen, J. Richard J Child Orthop Original Clinical Article PURPOSE: Brace compliance measurement in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) has been the subject of a few recent studies. Various sensors have been developed to measure compliance. We have developed a temperature-based data logger—the Cricket—specifically for scoliosis braces, with associated custom software, that is embedded directly in the brace. The purpose of this study was to analyze patterns of brace wear and patient compliance among children with AIS using the Cricket. METHODS: Fifty-five AIS patients prescribed various brace-time regimens were monitored using the Cricket. All subjects were treated with the Wilmington brace. The compliance rate for each group was determined. RESULTS: Overall compliance among subjects was 69.9 ± 31.5 %. Only 14.5 % met or exceeded prescribed brace time. This is consistent with previous compliance monitoring results. CONCLUSION: The results of this study objectively show the difference between prescribed and actual brace wear time and reaffirm the Cricket sensor as an accurate and comfortable brace-monitoring device. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015-08-28 2015-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4619370/ /pubmed/26310101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11832-015-0679-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2015 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Bowen, J. Richard
Electronic monitoring of orthopedic brace compliance
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4619370/
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