Assessment of bone density in patients with scoliosis neuromuscular secondary to cerebral palsy

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate bone mineral density in patients with neuromuscular scoliosis secondary to spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. METHODS: A prospective descriptive study in which, in addition to bone densitometry, the anthropometric data of the patients were assessed. As inclusion criteri...

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Main Authors: Charbel Jacob Júnior, Igor Machado Barbosa, José Lucas Batista Júnior, Rayana Bomfim Leonel, Larissa Grobério Lopes Perim, Tarcísio Guimarães Silva Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna (SBC) 2014-09-01
Series:Coluna/Columna
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-18512014000300193&lng=en&tlng=en