Studies That we Found Relating to SpineCor Scoliosis Soft Brace:

Survival analysis of a group of 365 idiopathic scoliosis patients treated with the Dynamic SpineCor Brace

A prospective study was conducted on 365 patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) treated with the Dynamic SpineCor Brace.

The experience of brace treatment in children/adolescents with scoliosis

Idiopathic scoliosis is a chronic illness with several different braces used for its treatment.Brace treatment during childhood/adolescence can produce stress. There are studies supporting that it can decrease body-image perception while other studies support that it has no such effect. The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of brace treatment in children/adolescents with scoliosis. The aim was to investigate which feelings are created by the bracing experience in children/adolescents with scoliosis and what are the children/adolescents' with scoliosis opinions of the support provided to them by health-care professionals and by their families.

Discrepancy in clinical versus radiological parameters describing deformity due to brace treatment for moderate idiopathic scoliosis

The shape of the torso in patients with idiopathic scoliosis is considered to reflect the shape of the vertebral column, however the direct correlation between parameters describing clinical deformity and those characterizing radiological curvature was reported to be weak. It is not clear if the management proposed for scoliosis (physiotherapy, brace, surgery) affects equally the shape of the axial skeleton and the surface of the body. The aim of the study was to compare clinical deformity of (1) idiopathic scoliosis girls being under brace treatment for radiological curves of 25 to 40 degrees and (2) non treated scoliotic girls matched for age and Cobb angle.

SpineCor System Overview And Treatment Results.

Survival analysis of a group of 365 idiopathic scoliosis patients treated with the Dynamic SpineCor Brace.

Effectiveness of the Spinecor brace based on the new standardized criteria proposed by the Scoliosis Research Society for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Relationship between gibbosity and Cobb angle during treatment of idiopathic scoliosis with the SpineCor brace.

SPINECOR: A non-rigid brace for the treatment of Idiopathic Scoliosis: Initial Post-Treatment Results.

Studies that We found relating to scoliosis and posture include:

Tethering the spine to one side causes scoliosis in rabbits.

In a study in Russia, biofeedback was used to correct postural defects and straighten spinal columns. 

A 1979 study in Poland found that posture training and exercise therapy had a role in scoliosis prevention and treatment.

A 2001 study from Hong Kong showed promising results in scoliosis treatment using posture training. According to the study authors, "A long-lasting active spinal control could be achieved through the patient's own spinal muscles."

According to a paper in the medical journal Spine, studies in Japan and in Sweden have suggested that a disturbance of postural equilibrium exists in idiopathic scoliosis. With this in mind, then it is not surprising that the studies listed above from Russia, Poland and Hong Kong showed positive results on scoliotic curves from posture correction.

Animal studies on scoliosis, drugs, herbicides and pesticides include: 

Kepone, a pesticide, was found to cause scoliosis in minnows. 
 
Pesticide exposure caused spinal curvature in a study on tadpoles. 

Diquat, an aquatic herbicide, caused scoliosis and other defects in mallard embryos.

High doses of ibutilide fumarate, an antiarrhythmic, caused scoliosis in rats.

Here are some of the animal studies of nutritional imbalances and anomalies known to cause scoliosis: 

In chickens susceptible to scoliosis, the severity and incidence of scoliosis was decreased by giving the birds increased dietary copper. 

In a different study on humans, teenage girls with scoliosis were found to have high copper levels in their hair.  The authors of this study suggested that copper may play a role in idiopathic scoliosis. 
 
In another study on scoliosis in susceptible chickens, vitamin B-6, manganese or copper deficiencies caused an increase in the expression of scoliosis in the majority of the birds. 

Rainbow trout fed a diet that was deficient in ascorbic acid developed many adverse health conditions, including scoliosis. 

Channel catfish fed diets deficient in Vitamin C developed skeletal malformations. 

Trout fed a diet deficient in tryptophan developed severe scoliosis. 

Rats fed a diet deficient in vitamin E developed kyphoscoliosis. 

Salmon fed a diet deficient in vitamin C developed scoliosis.

Trout fed diets containing excess leucine (an amino acid) developed scoliosis.

In a study of humans with scoliosis, calcium was higher in idiopathic scoliosis muscles than in other forms of scoliosis or in normal control muscles. The authors suggested that a calcium-related neuromuscular defect could be an important factor in the genesis of idiopathic scoliosis.
  
A study from researchers in Washington, D. C. found that nutrition should logically be considered as a possible factor human scoliosis, based in part by a review of all of the animal studies where nutrition plays a role in the disorder. The study authors concluded that, "There is evidence that poor nutrition may play a role in the etiology of idiopathic scoliosis. This possibility should be examined further in humans."  

Here are some of the studies that specifically link scoliosis to bone density problems: 

A paper from a researcher at the Women's Medical and Diagnostic Center in Florida reports that among other factors, scoliosis is a known risk factor for osteoporosis. 

In a study of women with osteoporosis, 48% had scoliosis, a statistically significant relationship.  

Amenorrhoea (a lack of menstruation) in athletes is associated with both scoliosis and fractures.  Amenorrhoea is associated with low estrogen levels, which is associated with osteoporosis.  (Osteoporosis prevention is the reason many women in the U.S. are prescribed estrogen treatments.  Keeping estrogen levels up is a proven way to increase bone densities.) 

Osteopenia has been correlated with scoliosis in studies in Hong Kong. 

In a study from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Louisiana State University Medical Center, researchers concluded that of the females with scoliosis in their study group, over one half had marked osteoporosis.

A study that appeared in the Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics found that adolescent girls with scoliosis were found to have a generalized state of osteoporosis. 

According to a paper that appeared in Spine, persistent osteopenia in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis was found in a scoliosis follow-up study.

Based on a study of elderly patients, it was concluded that factors that can cause a scoliotic curve to increase include degenerative disc disease with lateral disc space narrowing, soft tissue failure, and osteoporosis.

Another paper from researchers in Hong Kong reported that adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) may be associated with generalized low bone mineral status.