Traction versus supine side bending: Which technique best determines curve flexibility?

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 804-808

  Polly Jr , David W ^a,c   Sturm, Peter F ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Supine bending radiographs; Traction radiographs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SUPINE POSITION; THORACIC SPINE; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY FILM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROGRAPHY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; PLIABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRACTION;

EID: 0345404210     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199804010-00013     Document Type: Article

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