Analysis of sagittal alignment in thoracic and thoracolumbar curves in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: How do these two curve types differ?

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1355-1359

  Upasani, Vidyadhar V ^a   Tis, John ^c   Bastrom, Tracey ^b   Pawelek, Jeff ^b   Marks, Michelle ^b   Lonner, Baron ^d   Crawford, Alvin ^e   Newton, Peter O ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Scoliosis Associates   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Anterior overgrowth; Pelvic and sagittal measurements; Thoracic versus thoracolumbar curves

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 34249039869     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318059321d     Document Type: Article

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