Casting and Traction Treatment Methods for Scoliosis

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 477-484

  D'Astous, Jacques L ^a,b   Sanders, James O ^c  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE NECROSIS; BRACE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; DYSPHAGIA; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INFECTION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX MALFORMATION; TONGUE DISEASE; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; ROTATION; SCOLIOSIS; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKERS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 35248832541     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2007.03.006     Document Type: Review

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