Scoliosis elasticity assessed by manual traction: 49 juvenile and adolescent idiopathic cases

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-172

  Soucacos, Panayotis K ^a   Soucacos, Panayotis N ^a   Beris, Alexandros E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HARRINGTON INSTRUMENTATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; TRACTION THERAPY; WRIST; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0030000722     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679608994665     Document Type: Article

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