Scheuermann kyphosis: The importance of tight hamstrings in the surgical correction

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2252-2259

  Hosman, Allard J F ^a,b,c,d   De Kleuver, Marinus ^a   Anderson, Patricia G ^a   Van Limbeek, Jacques ^a   Langeloo, Danielle D ^a   Veth, René P ^c   Slot, Gerard H ^a  

^a SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Overcorrection; Sagittal balance; Scheuermann kyphosis; Surgical correction; Tight hamstrings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LORDOSIS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SPINE FUSION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MOVEMENT; PELVIS; TENDONS;

EID: 0141669066     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000085097.63326.95     Document Type: Article

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