Cobb angle progression in adolescent scoliosis begins at the intervertebral disc

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 2782-2786

  Will, Ryan E ^a   Stokes, Ian A ^b   Qiu, Xing ^c   Walker, Matthew R ^a   Sanders, James O ^c  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Intervertebral disc wedging; Progression; Skeletal maturity; Vertebral wedging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH; HAND; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE;

EID: 74249101303     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c11853     Document Type: Article

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