Estimating the final outcome of brace treatment for idiopathic thoracic scoliosis at 6-month follow-up

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 201-207

  Landauer, Franz ^a   Wimmer, Cornelius ^b   Behensky, Hannes ^b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brace treatment; Compliance; Prediction; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRACES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346458869     PISSN: 13638491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13638490310001636817     Document Type: Article

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