June is Scoliosis awareness month. So, fantastic to randomise the 300th participant to the BASIS study, which compares full time vs. night time brace for adolescent scoliosis. BASISstudy.org National Institute for Health and Care Research Sheffield CTRU British Scoliosis Society @ScoliosisUK

We express our sincere thanks to all patients, parents, and clinicians, and others involved in the BASIS Study National Institute for Health and Care Research Sheffield Children's Sheffield CTRU British Scoliosis Society Scoliosis Support & Research

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Check out how the BASIS recruitment leaderboard changes throughout the study so far! 🌠SCHARR Sheffield Children's Scoliosis Support & Research

More than half of the teenagers having surgery for scoliosis present with a curve that has already progressed beyond a size that can be treated in a brace. We need to identify curves as early as possible! This video shows how you can: youtube.com/watch?v=yFCNkp… Sheffield Children's

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355 participants recruited so far! Almost half way to our 780 target. Particular thanks go to Sheffield Children's Alder Hey Research and Research and Development ROH for recruiting over 40 patients each ⭐️ Also thanks to Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Evelina London University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS FT and Belfast Trust for recruiting over 20 each

Check out the BASIS leader board and how it has changed since the study began- what a battle for those top 3 spots! ✨ Dan Perry Sheffield CTRU SCHARR

Great to see you all at the British Scoliosis Society conference! Check out our latest recruitment video. 🏥 Alder Hey 💙 recruited 6 in November, matching Sheffield's 48 patients and achieving the highest recruitment rate since opening! Big thanks to top recruiter Natalie Copeland! Dan Perry

BASIS Study British Scoliosis Society 🏥 Alder Hey 💙 Dan Perry A team 👍🎉 it needs lot of team effort !

The BASIS Team had a brilliant time meeting everyone at the British Scoliosis Society British Scoliosis Society conference last week. We're need 20 more participants to be half way to our overall target - can we reach this by the end of the year?! Sheffield CTRU Dan Perry

Before we break for Christmas, we'd like to express our sincere thanks to all of the participants taking part in the BASIS Study, and to the staff members across all 22 sites for the work put in this year. We appreciate all of you!⭐️ We wish everyone a lovely Christmas break.

See below the new qualitative paper published as part of the BASIS Trial! Sheffield CTRU

Thanks Scoliosis Support & Research for this lovely quote about the BASIS Study. 💬“Scoliosis Support & Research is committed to supporting research that has the potential to improve the lives of people with scoliosis. The BASIS and BASIS 2 studies provide families with access to...

June is #ScoliosisAwarenessMonth! In the UK, scoliosis is usually treated with a full-time brace (20+ hrs/day). Other countries may often use braces only worn at night. The BASIS trial is studying if night-time bracing works just as well as full time braces. #BASISstudy

Want to learn more about our trial and the different scoliosis braces currently being used? Head over to our Instagram for a quick breakdown of the different braces and how they work for #ScoliosisAwareness month! 👉 instagram.com/thebasisstudy/ #ScoliosisAwareness #SpineHealth

Well over 400 patients and counting in the BASIS study! 🎉 Huge thanks to all participants & families across our amazing 22 UK hospitals. Your dedication to this vital research is making a real difference! #scoliosisawarenessmonth #scoliosis #basisstudy