The influence of brace on quality of life of adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 123, Issue , 2006, Pages 352-356

  Vasiliadis, Elias ^a   Grivas, Theodoros B ^a   Savvidou, Olga ^a   Triantafyllopoulos, Georgios ^a  

^a THRIASIO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

brace; brace influence on quality of life; Brace Questionnaire; Idiopathic scoliosis; quality of life

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CORRELATION METHODS; SURVEYS;

BRACE; BRACE QUESTIONNAIRE; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL); VERTEBRAL ROTATIONS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CHILD; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCOLIOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BRACES; CHILD; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 36649027227     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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