Are adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and ankylosing spondylitis counter-opposing conditions? A hypothesis on biomechanical contributions predisposing to these spinal disorders

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 573-580

  Masi, Alfonse T ^a   Dorsch, Josephine L ^a   Cholewicki, Jacek ^b  

^a UICOMP   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Ankylosing spondylitis; Biomechanics; Co occurrence; Counter oppose; Muscle properties; Muscle tone; Spinal stability; Spinal stiffness

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTHESOPATHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MUSCLE TONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0141989953     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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