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Modeling of the chest wall response to prolonged bracing in pectus carinatum

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By Brandon Sargent, Katie Varela, Dennis L Eggett, Emily McKenna
| paperity.org
PLOS ONE, Aug 2023 Pectus carinatum is a chest wall deformity that is often treated through the wearing of an external brace. The treatment of the deformity could benefit from a greater understanding of chest wall characteristics under prolonged loading. These characteristics are difficult to model directly but empirical studies can be used to create statistical models. 185 patients from 2018-2020 received bracing treatment.
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Modeling of the chest wall response to prolonged bracing in pectus carinatum

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By Brandon Sargent, Katie Varela, Brigham Young, Dennis L Eggett
| PLOS ONE
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Citation: Sargent B, Varela K, Eggett D, McKenna E, Bates C, Brown R, et al. (2023) Modeling of the chest wall response to prolonged bracing in pectus carinatum. PLoS ONE 18(8): e0288941. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288941 Editor: Ahmed Mancy Mosa, Al Mansour University College-Baghdad-Iraq, IRAQ Received: April 18, 2023; Accepted: July 6, 2023; Published: August 14, 2023 Copyright: © 2023 Sargent et al.
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"Pectus Carinatum Patient Brace Data" by Brandon Scott Sargent, Katie Varela et al.

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By Brandon Sargent, Dennis L Eggett, Emily McKenna, Katie Varela
| scholarsarchive.byu.edu
Keywords pectus carinatum, bracing Data Set Description Summary Data for the journal article "Modeling of the chest wall response to prolonged bracing in pectus carinatum" submitted to PLOS One in 2023 by Sargent et al. The data is a recording of prescribed brace pressures, patient reported hours of wear, and clinician recorded pressure to correct through the treatment process. The data file was compiled via Microsoft Excel as part of the Microsoft 365 Office Suite.
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