Relative shortening and functional tethering of spinal cord in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis? Study with multiplanar reformat magnetic resonance imaging and somatosensory evoked potential

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Chu, Winnie C W ^a   Lam, Wynnie W M ^a   Chan, Yu Leung ^a   Ng, Bobby K W ^a   Lam, Tsz Ping ^a   Lee, Kwong Man ^a   Guo, Xia ^b   Cheng, Jack C Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Spinal cord; Tethering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TONSIL;

ADOLESCENT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33644789237     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000193892.20764.51     Document Type: Article

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