The Sforzesco brace can replace cast in the correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A controlled prospective cohort study

Scoliosis

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Negrini, Stefano ^a   Atanasio, Salvatore ^a   Negrini, Francesco ^b   Zaina, Fabio ^a   Marchini, Gianfranco ^c  

^a ISICO ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC SPINE INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Centro Ortopedico Lombardo   (Italy)

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EID: 58149358968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17487161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-3-15     Document Type: Article

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