TRACE (Trunk Aesthetic Clinical Evaluation), a routine clinical tool to evaluate aesthetics in scoliosis patients: Development from the Aesthetic Index (AI) and repeatability

Scoliosis

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zaina, Fabio ^a   Negrini, Stefano ^a   Atanasio, Salvatore ^a  

^a ISICO ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC SPINE INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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EID: 62749159471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17487161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-4-3     Document Type: Article

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