Can C7 plumbline and gravity line predict health related quality of life in adult scoliosis?

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Mac Thiong, Jean Marc ^a   Transfeldt, Ensor E ^a   Mehbod, Amir A ^a   Perra, Joseph H ^a   Denis, Francis ^a   Garvey, Timothy A ^a   Lonstein, John E ^a   Wu, Chunhui ^a   Dorman, Christopher W ^a   Winter, Robert B ^a  

^a TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult spinal deformity; Balance; Gravity line; Quality of life; Scoliosis; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORCE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHILOSOPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SACRUM; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STANDING; VERTEBRA BODY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651165271     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181a9c7ad     Document Type: Article

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