Lordoscoliosis and hyperlordosis in quadriplegic cerebral palsy.

Pan Afr Med J

Community Health Physiotherapy Department, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.

Published: March 2021

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