Does physiotherapy applied in conjunction with compression brace treatment in patients with pectus carinatum have effica
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Does physiotherapy applied in conjunction with compression brace treatment in patients with pectus carinatum have efficacy? A preliminary randomized‑controlled study Nuray Alaca1 · İhsan Alaca1,2 · Mustafa Yüksel2 Accepted: 8 May 2020 © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Purpose Non-invasive treatment of pectus carinatum (PC) deformity includes the use of a compression brace and exercises. In this study, we aimed to examine the effect of a physiotherapy protocol applied as adjunct to compression brace treatment in patients with PC. Methods The study included 30 male patients between 11 and 18 years of age. Patients were randomly assigned into two groups: a brace treatment only group (Group 1) and a brace and physiotherapy group (Group 2). Patient demographics and disease-related properties, protrusion measurements, postural evaluations, deformity perceptions, life quality, and treatment satisfaction were evaluated. Results Although both groups showed improvements based on external chest measurements related to PC protrusion following treatment (p 0.36) and displayed greater improvement in maximum protrusion degree and lateral length values (p
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