Severe axial vertebral rotation treated with a modified Boston brace: a case report
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Severe axial vertebral rotation treated with a modified Boston brace: a case report
We report the case of a 13-year-old Caucasian girl suffering from severe axial rotation of the T5 to L4 vertebrae. The patient (initially examined during a school screening study) was at first considered to be suspicious of suffering from scoliosis due to a highly positive Adam's forward bending test. However, her radiographic evaluation revealed the existence of axial rotation in 12 of her ver...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scoliosis
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1748-7161
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-5-5