Idiopathic scoliosis and spondylolysis in the female athlete: Tips for treatment

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 372, Issue , 2000, Pages 74-84

  Omey, Monica L ^a,b   Micheli, Lyle J ^a   Gerbino II, Peter G ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRACE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLYSIS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0034059150     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200003000-00010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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