Prospective study of orthotic use after operative stabilization of traumatic thoracic and lumbar fractures

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-82

  Apple Jr , David F ^a   Perez, Michele ^b  

^a SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

^b Resurgens Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

Postoperative bracing; Thoracic lumbar fractures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACE; HUMAN; ORTHOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749167862     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/04TW-JW4G-8MAN-AN62     Document Type: Article

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