Conservative management of neuromuscular scoliosis: Personal experience and review of literature

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 792-798

  Kotwicki, Tomasz ^a   Jozwiak, Marek ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brace treatment; Neuromuscular scoliosis; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

BRACE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRACTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIP DISLOCATION; HUMAN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MILWAUKEE BRACE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NEUROMUSCULAR SCOLIOSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRACES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 42549155192     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280801889584     Document Type: Review

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