Italian guidelines on rehabilitation treatment of adolescents with scoliosis or other spinal deformities.
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A mandated by the Italian Ministry of Health, the Italian Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Società Italiana Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione, SIMFER) appointed a Commission composed of SIMFER members to draw up guidelines for the rehabilitation treatment of adolescents with spinal deformities. Other medical organizations contributing to the redaction of the final guidelines version were the Italian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology (Società Italiana di Ortopedia e Traumatologia, SIOT), the Italian Society of Trau-matology and Pediatric Orthopedics (Società Italiana di Traumatologia e Ortopedia Pediatrica, SITOP), the Italian Study Group on Scoliosis and Spinal Diseases (Gruppo Italiano di studio della Scoliosi e delle patologie vertebrali, GIS), the Study Group on Scoliosis and Spinal Diseases (Gruppo di Studio della Scoliosi e delle patologie vertebrali, GSS), which collaborated through society members nominated by the organizations’
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Europa medicophysica
دوره 41 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005