Assessment of spinal flexibility in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Suspension versus side-bending radiography

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 591-597

  Lamarre, Marie Eve ^a,b   Parent, Stefan ^a,c   Labelle, Hubert ^a,c   Aubin, Carl Eric ^a,d   Joncas, Julie ^a   Cabral, Anne ^a,d   Petit, Yvan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Flexibility; Radiograph; Side bending; Suspension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPINE METASTASIS; SPONDYLODESIS; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL RISK; THERAPY DELAY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADOLESCENT; ARTHROGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCOLIOSIS; STANDARD; TRACTION THERAPY; VALIDATION STUDY;

NEUROPEPTIDE; POSTURAL ASYMMETRY FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROGRAPHY; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROPEPTIDES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; TRACTION;

EID: 65549107832     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318193a23d     Document Type: Article

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