Assessment of curve flexibility in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1637-1642

  Hamzaoglu, Azmi ^a   Talu, Ufuk ^b,d   Tezer, Mehmet ^a   Mirzanli, Cuneyt ^c   Domanic, Unsal ^b   Goksan, S Bora ^b  

^a FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Social Security Hospital   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bending radiograph; Flexibility; Fulcrum bending radiograph; Idiopathic scoliosis; Traction radiograph

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FULCRUM RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEDICLE SCREW; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SKELETON TRACTION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPINE POSITION; TRACTION RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ARTHROGRAPHY; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SUPINE POSITION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRACTION;

EID: 22544470300     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000170580.92177.d2     Document Type: Article

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