Scottish Rite Orthosis
A hip abduction orthosis used in the management of Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease in children, designed to maintain the femoral head within the acetabulum during the healing process.
Full Definition
The Scottish Rite orthosis (also called the Atlanta Scottish Rite orthosis) is a lightweight brace consisting of a waist band connected by a telescoping bar to bilateral thigh cuffs, allowing the child to walk while maintaining hip abduction and containing the femoral head. It was developed as an alternative to spica casting and Petrie casts in the non-operative management of Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease. In orthotic documentation, the name must be rendered consistently; editors will encounter variant spellings including 'Atlanta brace' and 'ASRO'. The device is specific to pediatric hip orthotics and should not be confused with a standard hip abduction orthosis used in adult hip surgery.
Usage
Usage note: Standardize to one preferred name throughout a document; the most common in North American clinical literature is 'Scottish Rite orthosis'. Always capitalise both words as a proper eponymous device name.
In Context
- "The pediatric orthopaedist prescribed a Scottish Rite orthosis for a six-year-old diagnosed with Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease of the right hip." — Pediatric orthopaedic referral
- "The editor standardized references to the 'Atlanta brace' and 'Scottish Rite orthosis' within the same document to a single term per house style." — Clinical case report editing note