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Figure 10 | Scoliosis

Figure 10

From: Pathogenesis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in girls - a double neuro-osseous theory involving disharmony between two nervous systems, somatic and autonomic expressed in the spine and trunk: possible dependency on sympathetic nervous system and hormones with implications for medical therapy

Figure 10

Diagram of transverse sections of normal human thorax to show growth by age ranges: blue, fetus 7 months to term; green; term to 5 months; yellow, 5 months to 3 1/2 years; red, 3 1/2 years to adult. Thorax width relative to depth increases mostly after 3 1/2 years (Modified from [268]).

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Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders

ISSN: 2397-1789

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