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Assessment of anterior-posterior spinal curvatures in children suffering from hypopituitarism [PDF]

BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2019
Background Body posture may be disordered by vestibular dysfunction, neurological disorders, problems with the distribution of muscle tone, brain injuries, and other dysfunctions.
Magdalena Kobylińska, Roksana Malak, Katarzyna Majewska, Andrzej Kędzia, Włodzimierz Samborski   +4 more
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A comparison of spinal curvatures and posture between active kayakers and physically active non-kayakers

Bolʹ, Sustavy, Pozvonočnik
Background. Kayaking is a sport that places repetitive demands on the spinal column and upper body musculature to propel the body and kayak forward. There is significant potential for curvature changes attributed to sustained periods of the kayaking ...
M.B. Tasker, A.K. Bhundoo, J.D. Pillay
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Comparison of spinal curvature parameters as determined by the ZEBRIS spine examination method and the Cobb method in children with scoliosis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The most common and gold standard method to diagnose and follow-up on scoliosis treatment is to capture biplanar X-ray images and then use these to determine the sagittal frontal spinal curvature angles by the Cobb method. Reducing
Mária Takács, Zsanett Orlovits, Bence Jáger, Rita M Kiss   +3 more
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The impact of exercise on spinal posture in adolescents: a systematic review [PDF]

Revista Paulista de Pediatria
Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze research evaluating the impact of various physical exercise programs on improving spinal posture in adolescents.
Ercília Oliveira-Costa, Diego Alonso-Fernández, Águeda Gutiérrez-Sánchez   +2 more
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Evaluations of the spinal curvatures in the sagittal plane: reference measurements, categorization, discriminatory and diagnostic accuracy [PDF]

Physiotherapy Quarterly, 2021
Debora Schwertner, Raul Oliveira, Orlando Fernandes, Guilherme S. Nunes, Marcos De Noronha, Fabiane Gioda, Micheline Koerich   +6 more
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Acute effects of hamstring stretching on sagittal spinal curvatures and pelvic tilt. [PDF]

J Hum Kinet, 2012
López-Miñarro PA, Muyor JM, Belmonte F, Alacid F.   +3 more
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Comparison of Spinal Column Curvatures in Triathlon Athletes and Non-Athletes

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2012
Background: Triathlon is a popular sport match that combines swimming, cycling, and running into a single event. During each stage, athletes have specific positions which may affect their spinal curvatures.
Nader Rahnama, Effat Bambaeichi, Sajjad Bagherian, Soheila Nezhadroomazi   +3 more
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Spinal Cord Alignment in Patients with Thoracolumbar Burst Fracture

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2023
Objective To evaluate the spinopelvic alignment in patients with thoracolumbar burst fracture (TBF) without neurological deficit treated nonsurgically and surgically in a tertiary reference trauma hospital.
Lucas Miotto José, Pedro Coury, Robert Meves   +2 more
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ANALYSIS OF PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR NEUROMUSCULAR SCOLIOSIS WITH AND WITHOUT INTRAOPERATIVE TRACTION

Coluna/Columna, 2022
Objectives: To compare the surgical treatment of neuromuscular scoliosis (NMS) with and without intraoperative skull-skeletal traction (ISST) in terms of the degree of curve correction, surgical time, hospitalization time, screw density, use of blood ...
Bruno Lopes Nunes, Douglas Silva Zanotto, Christiano Cruz Lima, Germano Senna, Lara Thais Prates e Silva, Jairo Evangelista Nascimento, Claudiojanes dos Reis, Bruno Pinto Coelho Fontes   +7 more
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ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS: PROGRESSION OF UNTREATED CASES

Coluna/Columna, 2023
Objective: This study aims to evaluate angular progression of patients with a diagnosis of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS), that await surgical treatment. Methods: This is an observational and descriptive study.
Júlia Silva e Lima Schleder, João Lucas dos Santos, Maurício Coelho Lima, Sylvio Mistro Neto, André Frazão Rosa, Wagner Pasqualini, Marcos Antônio Tebet, Paulo Tadel Maia Cavali, Marcelo Italo Risso Neto   +8 more
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