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Objectives: Brace treatment in children with pectus carinatum has become the method of choice during the last decade. The authors evaluate the role of anthropometric measurements in diagnostic and treatment processes.
Methods: A prospective study, analysing a compressive brace treatment for pectus carinatum, performed between January 2018 and September 2020. Demographic data, anthropometric dimensions and indexes of the chest, data connected to an orthosis usage, as well as ongoing treatment outcomes were analysed.
Results: Forty-seven consecutive patients aged between 10 to 18 years with pectus carinatum were prescribed a compressive brace. Thirtynine of them (83 %) reached clinically positive results while wearing the orthosis for 6 ± 3 months. An improvement in the sagittal chest diameter was 0.5 cm – 2.8 cm (mean 1.0 cm ± 0.5 cm) and an improvement of the Thoracic Index was 0.8 % – 25.1 % (6.4 % ± 4.5 %) by using the brace on average for (6 ± 2) hours a day.
Conclusion: Clinical anthropometric measurements can evaluate the dimensions of chest wall and treatment progress in patients with pectus carinatum precisely and thus replace the need for more complex examinations requiring X-rays.
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Objectives: Brace treatment in children with pectus carinatum has become the method of choice during the last decade. The authors evaluate the role of anthropometric measurements in diagnostic and treatment processes.
Methods: A prospective study, analysing a compressive brace treatment for pectus carinatum, performed between January 2018 and September 2020. Demographic data, anthropometric dimensions and indexes of the chest, data connected to an orthosis usage, as well as ongoing treatment outcomes were analysed.
Results: Forty-seven consecutive patients aged between 10 to 18 years with pectus carinatum were prescribed a compressive brace. Thirtynine of them (83 %) reached clinically positive results while wearing the orthosis for 6 ± 3 months. An improvement in the sagittal chest diameter was 0.5 cm – 2.8 cm (mean 1.0 cm ± 0.5 cm) and an improvement of the Thoracic Index was 0.8 % – 25.1 % (6.4 % ± 4.5 %) by using the brace on average for (6 ± 2) hours a day.
Conclusion: Clinical anthropometric measurements can evaluate the dimensions of chest wall and treatment progress in patients with pectus carinatum precisely and thus replace the need for more complex examinations requiring X-rays.

The Role of Anthropologic Measurements in Pectus Carinatum Brace Treatment Evaluation

National Institute of Childrenʼs Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava

Measurement Science Review

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Objectives: Brace treatment in children with pectus carinatum has become the method of choice during the last decade. The authors evaluate the role of...

The Role of Anthropologic Measurements in Pectus Carinatum Brace Treatment Evaluation

Published Online: Jan 21, 2022

Page range: 50 - 57

Received: Nov 12, 2021

Accepted: Jan 10, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msr-2022-0006

Keywords
pectus carinatum, compressive bracing, anthropometric measurements, Thoracic Index

© 2022 Pavol Omaník et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Role of Anthropologic Measurements in Pectus Carinatum Brace Treatment Evaluation

Published Online: Jan 21, 2022

Page range: 50 - 57

Received: Nov 12, 2021

Accepted: Jan 10, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msr-2022-0006

Keywordspectus carinatum, compressive bracing, anthropometric measurements, Thoracic Index

© 2022 Pavol Omaník et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
pectus carinatum, compressive bracing, anthropometric measurements, Thoracic Index