Screening for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: An information statement by the scoliosis research society international task force

Scoliosis

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Labelle, Hubert ^a   Richards, Stephens B ^b,c   De Kleuver, Marinus ^d   Grivas, Theodoros B ^e   Luk, Keith D K ^f   Wong, Hee K ^g   Thometz, John ^h   Beauséjour, Marie ^a   Turgeon, Isabelle ^a   Fong, Daniel Y T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^h Children's Hospital of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84886743028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17487161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-8-17     Document Type: Review

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