Relation between adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and morphologic somatotypes

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2532-2536

  LeBlanc, Richard ^a,b   Labelle, Hubert ^b   Rivard, Charles Hilaire ^b   Poitras, Benoit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Idiopathic scoliosis; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 0031409008     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199711010-00013     Document Type: Article

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