Use of a noninvasive halo in children

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1650-1654

  Skaggs, David L ^a,b,c   Lerman, Lawrence D ^a,b   Albrektson, Josh ^a,b   Lerman, Max ^a,b   Stewart, David G ^a,b   Tolo, Vernon T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Lerman and Son Orthotics and Prosthetics Inc   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Congenital muscular torticollis; Halo; Noninvasive; Orthosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DEVICE INFECTION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HALO VEST; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFANT; LIQUORRHEA; ORTHOSIS; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN CARE; SKULL; SPINE FUSION; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TORTICOLLIS; BRACE; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPINE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRACES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50949115069     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31817d8241     Document Type: Article

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