{"id":15991,"date":"2023-04-25T11:53:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T03:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/role-responsibility-of-patients-undergoing-brace-treatment\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T16:16:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T08:16:23","slug":"role-responsibility-of-patients-undergoing-brace-treatment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/adolescent-idiopathic-scoliosis\/bracing\/role-responsibility-of-patients-undergoing-brace-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Role &amp; responsibility of patients undergoing brace treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brace wear compliance is <strong><u>extremely important<\/u><\/strong> and can only be achieved by the patient him\/herself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Follow the instruction given by the specialist and orthotist about the number of hours of brace-wear.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>20 hours\/day unless informed otherwise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Their advices in follow-up visits about brace wear are valuable. When the patient is almost mature, hours may be reduced depending on specialist\u2019s advice based on individual\u2019s condition and whether curve progresses or not.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Positive<\/em><\/strong> thinking and understanding that the brace helps to control the curve size during growth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Regular exercise during the brace period<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Communicate well with family, doctor and orthotist about your brace experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":16009,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15991","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15991"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16128,"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15991\/revisions\/16128"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scoliosis.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}