Health and Function of Patients with Untreated Idiopathic Scoliosis: A 50-Year Natural History Study

JAMA

Volumn 289, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 559-567

  Weinstein, Stuart L ^a,d   Dolan, Lori A ^a   Spratt, Kevin F ^a   Peterson, Kirk K ^b   Spoonamore, Mark J ^c   Ponseti, Ignacio V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Huxley Family Phycians   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY IMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYSPNEA; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BACK PAIN; BODY IMAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOLIOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037419908     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.5.559     Document Type: Article

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