Reply to the “Comments on the pending Spine Journal publication: the effectiveness of the SpineCor brace for the conservative treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Comparison with the Boston brace” by Charles Hilaire Rivard

We have carefully read the comments from Dr Rivard on our study comparing the rigid thoracolumbosacral orthosis (TLSO) with the SpineCor for non-surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). We understand that Dr Rivard has important financial and clinical interests in the SpineCor, but questioning the credibility and scientific rigor of the current authors—or all other authors who did not find results supporting the use of the SpineCor—is definitely inappropriate. Blaming the research nurse who was givenanonymized radiographs and who was blinded to the different patient cohorts is offending.

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