Prediction of scoliotic Cobb angle with the use of the scoliometer

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1661-1666

  Korovessis, Panagiotis G ^a,b   Stamatakis, Marios V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

idiopathic scoliosis; scoliometer; scoliosis screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SCOLIOSIS; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0029895158     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199607150-00010     Document Type: Article

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