The Role of Anthropologic Measurements in Pectus Carinatum Brace Treatment Evaluation

Authors

  • Pavol Omaník Paediatric Surgery Department, National Institute of Childrenʼs Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Limbová 1, 833 40 Bratislava, Slovak Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2426-7039
  • Katarína Kozlíková Institute of Medical Physics, Biophysics, Informatics and Telemedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Sasinkova 4, 813 72 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
  • Natália Daumová Paediatric Surgery Department, National Institute of Childrenʼs Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Limbová 1, 833 40 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
  • Veronika Schmidtová Paediatric Surgery Department, National Institute of Childrenʼs Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Limbová 1, 833 40 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
  • Igor Béder Paediatric Surgery Department, National Institute of Childrenʼs Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Limbová 1, 833 40 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2478/msr-2022-0006

Keywords:

pectus carinatum, compressive bracing, anthropometric measurements, Thoracic Index

Abstract

Objectives: Brace treatment in children with pectus carinatum has become the method of choice during the last decade. The authors evaluate the role of anthropometric measurements in diagnostic and treatment processes.
Methods: A prospective study, analysing a compressive brace treatment for pectus carinatum,  performed between January 2018 and September 2020. Demographic data, anthropometric dimensions and indexes of the chest, data connected to an orthosis usage, as well as ongoing treatment outcomes were analysed.
Results: Forty-seven consecutive patients aged between 10 to 18 years with pectus carinatum were prescribed a compressive brace. Thirtynine of them (83 %) reached clinically positive results while wearing the orthosis for 6 ± 3 months. An improvement in the sagittal chest diameter was 0.5 cm – 2.8 cm (mean 1.0 cm ± 0.5 cm) and an improvement of the Thoracic Index was 0.8 % – 25.1 % (6.4 % ± 4.5 %) by using the brace on average for (6 ± 2) hours a day.
Conclusion: Clinical anthropometric measurements can evaluate the dimensions of chest wall and treatment progress in patients with pectus carinatum precisely and thus replace the need for more complex examinations requiring X-rays.

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Published

21.01.2022

How to Cite

Omaník, P., Kozlíková, K., Daumová, N., Schmidtová, V., & Béder, I. (2022). The Role of Anthropologic Measurements in Pectus Carinatum Brace Treatment Evaluation. Measurement Science Review, 22(1), 50–57. https://doi.org/10.2478/msr-2022-0006