Effectiveness of the Providence nighttime bracing in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A comparative study of 36 female patients

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1139-1143

  Yrjönen, Timo ^a   Ylikoski, Mauno ^a   Schlenzka, Dietrich ^a   Kinnunen, Riitta ^a   Poussa, Mikko ^a  

^a ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Brace treatment; The Providence night brace

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; NIGHT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRACES; CHILD; EVALUATION STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746084852     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-005-0049-9     Document Type: Article

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