Global postural re-education in pediatric idiopathic scoliosis: a biomechanical modeling and analysis of curve reduction during active and assisted self-correction

Global postural re-education in pediatric idiopathic scoliosis: a biomechanical modeling and analysis of curve reduction during active and assisted self-correction

Abstract Background Global postural re-education (GPR) is a physiotherapy treatment approach for pediatric idiopathic scoliosis (IS), where the physiotherapist qualitatively assesses scoliotic curvature reduction potential (with a manual correction) and patient’s ability to self-correct (self-correc...

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Main Authors: Sarah Dupuis, Carole Fortin, Christiane Caouette, Isabelle Leclair, Carl-Éric Aubin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Subjects:
Scoliosis
Global postural re-education
Biomechanical modeling
Finite element model
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12891-018-2112-9

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