Sagittal spinal alignment: The true measurement, norms, and description of correction for thoracic kyphosis

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 311-314

  Winter, Robert B ^a   Lonstein, John E ^a   Denis, Francis ^a  

^a TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC KYPHOSIS; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; POSTURE; RADIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68049102194     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31817dfcc3     Document Type: Editorial

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