Aetiology of idiopathic scoliosis: Current concepts

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 137-170

  Burwell, R G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Asymmetry; Puberty; Scoliosis; Spine; Thorax

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; NEUROHORMONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLOMETRY; BODY BUILD; BODY POSTURE; BONE MASS; BONE MATURATION; BRACE; DERMATOGLYPHICS; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH RATE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; KYPHOSIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LORDOSIS; MICROCHIMERISM; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPRIOCEPTION; PUBERTY; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REVIEW; RIB MALFORMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACIC SPINE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONOBIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LORDOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOGENESIS; PUBERTY; RIBS; SCOLIOSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOTYPES; SPINE;

EID: 80051951296     PISSN: 13638491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13638490310001642757     Document Type: Review

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