Back muscles biometry in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Spine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 338-344

  Zoabli, Gnahoua ^a,b   Mathieu, Pierre A ^a,b   Aubin, Carl Éric ^a,b  

^a Institute of Biomedical Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Back muscle biometry; Magnetic resonance imaging; Skinfold thickness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMETRY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADOLESCENT; BACK; BIOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 34247620484     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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