Patient Satisfaction Study

A ten-year study on patient satisfaction outcomes from Static Progressive Stretch bracing was done on JAS patients from 2007 to 2017. The authors were interested in choosing one method of adjunctive stretch bracing from one single company, because styles of brace, mechanisms, and company specific designs can have an effect on overall outcomes. They specifically evaluated mobility, pain, stiffness, swelling, and any other adverse events of patient's treatment with a Static Progressive Stretch (SPS) brace.

The study collected data from 167,751 JAS patients from 2007 to 2017. Of those patients, 6000 were selected at random to complete a survey. Their conclusions were published in the Annals of Translational Medicine in 2018.

The study concluded that 90% of patients reported improved mobility after use, with NO reports of serious injury. They also reported that patients treated with a JAS SPS device over the study's time frame experienced decreased pain, stiffness, and swelling. In addition to no serious injuries, patient complaints reduced from 38 in 2007 to only 3 in 2017. Over the course of the entire study, only 0.1% (one tenth of one percent) reported any complaints whatsoever, and there were absolutely no medical device reports to the FDA. They also state that patients suffering from extreme joint range of motion loss can expect "excellent clinical outcomes" using a JAS SPS device.

A summary of the study can be found here.
The full study as published can be found here.