The reliability of preoperative supine radiographs to predict the amount of curve flexibility in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 2668-2672

  Cheh, Gene ^a   Lenke, Lawrence G ^b   Lehman Jr , Ronald A ^c   Kim, Yongjung J ^d   Nunley, Ryan ^b   Bridwell, Keith H ^b  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Side bending radiographs; Supine preoperative coronal radiographs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 36248966131     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31815a5269     Document Type: Article

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