Assessment of scoliosis correction in relation to flexibility using the fulcrum bending correction index

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 2303-2307

  Luk, Keith D K ^a   Cheung, Kenneth M C ^a   Lu, D S ^a   Leong, John C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Frontal plane correction; Fulcrum bending correction index; Fulcrum bending radiograph; Scoliosis assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032212997     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199811010-00011     Document Type: Article

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