Braces for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Negrini, Stefano ^a   Minozzi, S ^b   Bettany Saltikov, J ^b   Zaina, F ^b   Chockalingam, N ^b   Grivas, T B ^b   Kotwicki, T ^b   Maruyama, T ^b   Romano, M ^b   Vasiliadis, E S ^b  

^a ISICO ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC SPINE INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44949086635     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006850     Document Type: Review

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