In vivo distraction force and length measurements of growing rods: Which factors influence the ability to lengthen?

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 2299-2303

  Noordeen, Hilali M ^a,b   Shah, Suken A ^c   Elsebaie, Hazem B ^d   Garrido, Enrique ^a,b   Farooq, Najma ^a,b   Al Mukhtar, Mohannad ^a,b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

distraction; force measurement; growing rods; lengthening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FORCE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GROWING ROD; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83255186731     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31821b8e16     Document Type: Article

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