Milwaukee brace

Walter Blount first developed the brace in 1940s to assist polio patients during their post-operative care after undergoing posterior spinal fusions. Blount began using this brace for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients and published their results of their finding in 1956. As casting was the mainstay treatment for non-operative adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, the Milwaukee brace became a popular and widely used brace, especially as it was easily removable and Blount promoted the brace based on his experiences. ==References==