支具治疗青少年特发性脊柱侧弯的研究进展

Research progress of bracing in the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

青少年特发性脊柱侧弯(AIS)对青少年患者的身心健康均造成伤害。关于治疗AIS的研究也经历了曲折的发展过程。目前,支具是唯一被证实有效治疗脊柱侧弯的保守治疗方法。然而,患者依从性差、并发症多的问题一直未能有效解决。目前支具的种类繁多,且支具治疗缺少统一的参考标准,因此很难评价哪一种支具更好。本文对支具历史、分类、作用原理、并发症等方面进行了总结,并通过对几种常用支具各自特点的介绍,阐述了作者对支具治疗发展方向的认识,供读者借鉴。

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis（AIS）has damage to both the physical and mental health of adolescent patient. Research on the treatment of AIS has experienced a tortuous development process.At present,bracing is the only conser-vative treatment method which has proven effective for the scoliosis.However,the problems that patients with poor com-pliance and more complications have not been solved.At present,there are many types of bracing,bracing treatment lack uniform reference standard,therefore,it is difficult to evaluate which one is better.This paper summarizes the brace’shistory,classification,mechanism,complication,etc.By means of introduction on several common braces’ features,elaborate the author’s viewpoint of bracing development direction,provide reference for the readers.