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. 2022 Jan 30;11(3):752.
doi: 10.3390/jcm11030752.

Comment on Costa et al. The Effectiveness of Different Concepts of Bracing in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 2145

Hans-Rudolf Weiss  1
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Comment on Costa et al. The Effectiveness of Different Concepts of Bracing in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 2145

Hans-Rudolf Weiss. J Clin Med. .

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I read the above-mentioned work with great interest, and I would like to thank the authors for considering two papers from our working group [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The author currently serves as the senior consultant for Koob Scolitech GmbH, Neu-Bamberg, Germany. The company is held by the spouse of the author. He has held a patent on a sagittal realignment brace (EP 1 604 624 A1).

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