Assessment of the pressure developed between scoliosis brace and patient's body and evaluation of the effective time of treatment

dc.contributor.author	Τσιάλιος, Παναγιώτης Λ.	el
dc.contributor.author	Λούκος, Ιωάννης	el
dc.contributor.author	Νικολόπουλος, Χρήστος	el
dc.contributor.author	Κουλουράς, Γρηγόριος Η.	el
dc.contributor.author	Βαλαής, Ιωάννης Γ.	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-02-03T17:55:41Z
dc.date.available	2015-02-03T17:55:41Z
dc.date.issued	2015-02-03
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/5588
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	http://e-jst.teiath.gr/	en
dc.subject	Scoliosis
dc.subject	Σκολίωση
dc.subject	DDB
dc.subject	Brace's effective time
dc.subject	Αποτελεσματικός χρόνος στηρίγματος
dc.title	Assessment of the pressure developed between scoliosis brace and patient's body and evaluation of the effective time of treatment	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.generalDescription	Special issue: Workshop on Bio-Medical Instrumentation and related Engineering And Physical Sciences, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, 6 July 2012	en
heal.classification	Medicine
heal.classification	Medical physics
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Ιατρική φυσική
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Ιατρική
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Ιατρική φυσική
heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093011
heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118750
heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.publicationDate	2012
heal.bibliographicCitation	Tsialios, P.L., Loukos, I., Nicolopoulos, C., Koulouras, G.E., and Valais, I.G. (2012). Assessment of the pressure developed between scoliosis brace and patient's body and evaluation of the effective time of treatment. "e-Journal of Science & Technology". [Online] 7(3): 33-39. Available from: http://e-jst.teiath.gr/	en
heal.abstract	The aim of the present work is to confirm the effective time of use of the brace, for an accurate assessment of treatment from the therapist. Experiments were performed on a Dynamic Derotation Brace (DDB). Two devices have been designed, a data holder and a reader which give to the therapist the opportunity to certify the achievement of the brace’s effective time. The accuracy of the recorded time is immunized by a system of switches, which are placed at appropriate points without giving direct access to the patient. The DDB together with the embedded data holder applied in 50 patients. After six months from the first application of the DDB, the therapist using the data reader is able to read and verify the exact time of use of the brace. Forty four patients had fully followed the treatment for the time period set by the therapist (23 hours every day), three followed the treatment to a satisfactory degree (18-20 hours every day) and the rest applied the treatment for a shorter period of time than prescribed by the therapist (less than 18 hours every day). Both devices offer great potential in the way of making more effective the treatment of scoliosis and may be to achieve control of pressure in the desired points of the body.	en
heal.publisher	Νερατζής, Ηλίας	el
heal.publisher	Σιανούδης, Ιωάννης	el
heal.publisher	Βαλαής, Ιωάννης Γ.	el
heal.publisher	Φούντος, Γεώργιος Π.	el
heal.journalName	e-Journal of Science & Technology	en
heal.journalName	e-Περιοδικό Επιστήμης & Τεχνολογίας	el
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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