Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 764-771 , June 2006

Effects of Lateral Trunk Support on Scoliotic Spinal Alignment in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury: A Radiographic Study

  • Hui-Fen Mao, MS, OTR

      Affiliations

    • School of Occupational Therapy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Sheau-Ling Huang, MS, OTR

      Affiliations

    • School of Occupational Therapy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Tung-Wu Lu, DPhil

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Tung-Wu Lu, DPhil, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 1, Jen-Ai Rd, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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  • Yen-Sheng Lin, MS

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Hon-Man Liu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Yen-Ho Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Ting-Ming Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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 Supported by the National Science Council of Taiwan (grant no. NSC 91-2314-B-002-393).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.Reprints are not available from the author.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.02.029

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 764-771 , June 2006

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