Reliability of end, neutral, and stable vertebrae identification in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1658-1663

  Potter, Benjamin K ^a,c   Rosner, Michael K ^a   Lehman Jr , Ronald A ^a   Polly Jr , David W ^b   Schroeder, Teresa M ^a   Kuklo, Timothy R ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; End vertebra; Fusion levels; Neutral vertebra; Reliability; Stable vertebra

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMETER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 22544449894     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000170290.05381.9a     Document Type: Article

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