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Idiopathic and normal lateral lumbar curves: muscle effects interpreted by 12th rib length asymmetry with pathomechanic implications for lumbar idiopathic scoliosis

BACKGROUND: The historical view of scoliosis as a primary rotation deformity led to debate about the pathomechanic role of paravertebral muscles; particularly multifidus, thought by some to be scoliogenic, counteracting, uncertain, or unimportant. Here, we address lateral lumbar curves (LLC) and sug...

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Autores principales: Grivas, Theodoros B., Burwell, R. Geoffrey, Kechagias, Vasileios, Mazioti, Christina, Fountas, Apostolos, Kolovou, Dimitra, Christodoulou, Evangelos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5073422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27785474
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13013-016-0093-8