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COBB METHOD [2 records]

Record 1 2011-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A method for measuring the angle of a curve in scoliosis.

OBS

A horizontal line is drawn at the superior border of the superior end vertebra. Another horizontal line is drawn at the inferior border of the inferior end vertebra. Perpendicular lines are then erected from each of the horizontal lines, and the angles formed by the intersecting lines are measured.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Méthode permettant de mesurer le degré d'angulation d'une scoliose.

OBS

On trace une droite prolongeant le bord supérieur de la ve rtèbre neutre supérieure et une autre prolongeant le bord inférieur de la vertèbre neutre inférieure. On mesure l'angle formé par ces deux droites ou celui formé par des perpendiculaires partant de ces droites.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
Key term(s)
  • Cobb Method

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
Key term(s)
  • Méthode Cobb

Spanish

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