Search for dissertations about: "Yngvi Ólafsson"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Yngvi Ólafsson.

2. 1. Idiopathic scoliosis : radiographic, neurophysiologic and psychologic aspects

   Author : Yngvi Ólafsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : idiopathic scoliosis; brace treatment; back surface analysis; self-image; somatosensory testing;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to study brace treatment outcome, the brace effect on electromyographic muscle responses and self image, possible occurrence of somatosensory dysfunction and the descriptive power of surface topography contra radiography, in idiopathic scoliosis. There were 64 patients in a retrospective 4. READ MORE