Published on Brock University (http://www.brocku.ca) A Brock
University professor, a physician and a bracing specialist are
teaming up on research to expand our knowledge of bone strength
as well as re-think how we design back braces for people with
scoliosis. And they’re inviting women across the Niagara
peninsula to take part in the project. The researchers are
seeking young women, aged 18-30 years, who have or have had
scoliosis, and who used a scoliosis brace during their
adolescence. Scoliosis is a medical condition characterized by
curvature and rotation of the spine. Bareket Falk, a researcher
in Brock’s Department of Kineseology, is undertaking the project
with partners Alan Rigby of the private-sector business Niagara
Prosthetics and Orthotics, and Dr. Matt Greenway of the Michael
DeGroote School of Medicine. Falk said the researchers want to
study how bracing may affect bone during the growing years, and
whether flexible scoliosis braces are more effective than the
rigid braces traditionally used by