Quantifying scoliosis: we are still not there.

Spine J

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

Published: September 2010

Tanure MC, Pinheiro AP, Oliveira AS. Reliability assessment of Cobb angle measurements using manual and digital methods. Spine J 2010:10:769-774 (in this issue).

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