Left-right upper arm length asymmetry associated with apical vertebral rotation in subjects with thoracic scoliosis: Anomaly of bilateral symmetry affecting vertebral, costal and upper arm physes?

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 123, Issue , 2006, Pages 66-71

  Burwell, R G ^a   Freeman, B J C ^a   Dangerfield, P H ^b   Aujla, R K ^a   Cole, A A ^a   Kirby, A S ^a   Pratt, R K ^a   Webb, J K ^a   Moulton, A ^c  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bilateral symmetry; etiology; ribs; Scoliosis; synchondroses; vertebrae

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL SYMMETRY; ETIOLOGY; RIBS; SCOLIOSIS; SYNCHONDROSES; VERTEBRAE;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SCOLIOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; CHILD; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; ROTATION; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 39049192749     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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