Bracing for idiopathic scoliosis: Where do we go now?

Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 2-4

  Winter, Robert B ^a,b  

^a TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brace treatment; Idiopathic scoliosis; Orthotic design

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044520268     PISSN: 10408800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008526-200012010-00003     Document Type: Article

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