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Patients were divided into two groups, according to their global thoracic kyphosis (TK): Group-A TK<jats:sub>T0<\/jats:sub>\u2009&lt;\u200960\u00b0, Group-B TK<jats:sub>T0<\/jats:sub>\u2009\u2265\u200960\u00b0.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>The MA brace was prescribed according to SRS criteria. Full spine X-rays were analyzed at conventional times: at the beginning of treatment (T0), at 6-months follow-up (T1, in-brace X-rays), at the end of treatment (T2) and at 2-year minimum follow-up from bracing removal (T3). At <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>0<\/jats:sub>, <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> and <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub> all the patients were assessed using the Italian Version of the SRS-22 Patient Questionnaire (I-SRS22). Variability between and within-groups was assessed; a <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> value\u2009&lt;\u20090.05 was considered significant.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>192 adolescents (87 girls and 105 boys, mean age 13.1) were recruited. The mean global TK at recruitment was 61.9\u00b0\u2009\u00b1\u200911.3\u00b0, the mean follow-up time was 57.4\u00a0months. A good patients\u2019 reported compliance was observed: 84.9% of patients used the brace as scheduled. A mean in-brace correction (in-brace TK<jats:sub>%<\/jats:sub>) of 37.4% was observed and a mean final correction (TK<jats:sub>%T3<\/jats:sub>) of 31.6%. At final follow-up (T3), curve reduction (\u0394TK\u2009\u2264\u2009\u2009\u2212\u20095\u00b0) was observed in 60.4% of patients and curve stabilization (\u2212\u20095\u00b0\u2009&lt;\u2009\u0394TK\u2009&lt;\u20095) in 29.7% of patients. At baseline, worse SRS22-mental health (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.023) and self-image mean scores (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001) were observed in Group-B, compared with Group-A. 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