Compliance monitor for scoliosis braces in clinical practice

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We read with interest the paper by Rahman about compliance temperature monitors for scoliosis braces [1]. This study confirms our everyday clinical experience with compliance monitors for braced patients. In fact, since 2010, our institute has systematically applied this kind of monitoring in everyday clinical practice [2]. We already have 2,106 patients in brace treatment who allowed us to monitor them during therapy. Thanks to this large experience, we now know that the use of this tool can improve results for our patients. Today, when braced patients do not accept the use of sensors, treatment becomes more difficult and less accurate. Recently, we interviewed patients and parents who said they would recommend the use of these monitors to other families (unpublished data). The awareness of being monitored, if well managed by explaining to patients and parents its advantages, can increase compliance, as shown in a randomized clinical trial by Miller et al. [3]. …