Scoliosis in adults aged forty years and older: Prevalence and relationship to age, race, and gender

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 731-736

  Kebaish, Khaled M ^a   Neubauer, Philip R ^a   Voros, Gabor D ^a   Khoshnevisan, Mohammad A ^a   Skolasky, Richard L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

de novo scoliosis; degenerative scoliosis; DEXA scans; prevalence; scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955074518     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181e9f120     Document Type: Article

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