Clinical effectiveness of school screening for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A large population-based retrospective cohort study

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Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1607-1614

  Luk, Keith D K ^a   Lee, C F ^b   Cheung, Kenneth M C ^a   Cheng, Jack C Y ^c   Ng, Bobby K W ^d   Lam, T P ^c   Mak, K H ^a   Yip, Paul S F ^b   Fong, Daniel Y T ^b  

^a Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology ^*  (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; clinical effectiveness; school screening program

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; BRACE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCOLIOSIS; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 77955468376     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c7cb8c     Document Type: Article

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