The prevalence of back pain in children who have idiopathic scoliosis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 364-368

  Ramirez, Norman ^a,b   Johnston II, Charles E ^a   Browne, Richard H ^a  

^a TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b NONE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE MATURATION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRACE; CHILD; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROMYELIA; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

EID: 0030964874     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199703000-00007     Document Type: Article

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