Conservative treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Can it reduce the incidence of surgical treatment?

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 215-219

  Maruyama, Toru ^a   Kitagawa, Tomoaki ^b   Takeshita, Katsushi ^c   Mochizuki, Keiichi ^c   Nakamura, Kozo ^c  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Brace treatment; Incidence of surgery; Physical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; BRACE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INCIDENCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE FUSION; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRACES; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051924692     PISSN: 13638491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13638490310001642748     Document Type: Article

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