Trunk asymmetry and handedness in 8245 school children

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Volumn , Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-266

  Grivas, Theodoros B ^a,b   Vasiliadis, Elias S ^a   Polyzois, Vasilios D ^a   Mouzakis, Vasilios ^a  

^a THRIASIO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Handedness; Scoliosis; Scoliosis aetiology; Scoliosis school screening; Trunk asymmetry; Trunk rotation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; TRUNK; CHILD; GREECE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCOLIOSIS; STUDENTS;

EID: 33750039186     PISSN: 13638491     EISSN: 14645270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190500343027     Document Type: Article

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