Assessment of the cross-sectional areas of the psoas major in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis before skeletal maturity.

Jia-Jing XuXiu-Liang ZhuTian LiYan LinXin LuoYao-Sen WuHai-Cheng Dou

Published in: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) (2020)

There is a significant PM imbalance in patients with AIS before skeletal maturity, and the imbalance is related to the severity of scoliosis. The morphology of PM changed with the progression of scoliosis.

Keyphrases

particulate matter
cross sectional
air pollution
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
heavy metals
water soluble
risk assessment