Bracing

 

Other Contra-Indication

Our Records are Incomplete for Other Contra-Indications

 

Class Contra-Indication

Our Records are Incomplete for Drug Class Contra-Indications

We have incomplete side-effect data.

Efficacy of Bracing as a Lifestyle Change According to GRADE* Ranking [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]: 

Recommendation: Weakly in favor (Bracing may relieve pain and improve the condition for patients suffering from achilles tendon bursitis anterior, achilles tendon enthesopathy, idiopathic scoliosis, lateral epicondylitis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, rickets, systemic sclerosis and whiplash.)

Grade of Evidence: Low level of evidence 

* www.gradeworkinggroup.org 

References: 

1. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00448448

2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4436906/

3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9409793

4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14977675

5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20358323

6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3693826/

7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3445170/

8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628230/

9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21334544

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