SOSORT consensus paper: School screening for scoliosis. Where are we today?

Scoliosis

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Grivas, Theodoros B ^a   Wade, Marian H ^b   Negrini, Stefano ^c   O'Brien, Joseph P ^d   Maruyama, Toru ^e   Hawes, Martha C ^f   Rigo, Manuel ^g   Weiss, Hans R ^h   Kotwicki, Tomasz ⁱ   Vasiliadis, Elias S ^a   Sulam, Lior ^j   Neuhous, Tamar ^k  

^a THRIASIO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b PT Practice   (United States)

^c ISICO ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC SPINE INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d National Scoliosis Foundation   (United States)

^e SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g Instituto Elena Salvà   (Spain)

^h Asklepios Katharina Schroth Spinal Deformities Rehabilitation Centre   (Germany)

ⁱ POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^j Bpt physiotherapist specialist in treatment of spinal deformities   (Israel)

^k NONE   (Israel)

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EID: 39049105524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17487161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-2-17     Document Type: Article

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