Reliability of a functional classification system in the monitoring of patients with idiopathic scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1662-1666

  Klos, Stephen S ^a   Liu, Xue Cheng ^a   Lyon, Roger M ^a   Tassone, J Channing ^a   Thometz, John G ^a  

^a Children's Hospital of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Monitoring; Noninvasive; Rasterstereography; Reliability; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACK; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE;

EID: 34447343794     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318074d441     Document Type: Article

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