No effect of osteopathic treatment on trunk morphology and spine flexibility in young women with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-226

  Hasler, Carol ^a   Schmid, Caius ^b   Enggist, Andreas ^c   Neuhaus, Conny ^a   Erb, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Corpo Sana Training and Therapy ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Enggist Medical Fitness   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Osteopathy; Randomised trial; Trunk morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952427431     PISSN: 18632521     EISSN: 18632548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11832-010-0258-6     Document Type: Article

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