Quality of life of patients with scoliosis treated with brace or surgery – review of literature
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quality of life, scoliosis, brace, treatment, reviewAbstract
The paper describes the significance of the quality of lye and presents research papers that are re-lated to the quality of life of patients with scoliosis treated with brace or surgery. The aim of this study nos to analyse Polish and foreign scholarly publications related to the quality of We of patients with scoliosis treated with brace or surgery. The overview has conducted using online medical databases: Medline, EBSCO, Cochrane Database and Polish leading medical journals concerning physiotherapy: "Medical Journal of Rzeszow University," "Polish Journal of Physiotherapy", "Physiotherapy — Quar-terly of Polish Society of Physiotherapy", "Orthopaedics Traumatology Rehabilitation", "Medical Re-habilitation," "Rehabilitation in Practice", "Polish Medical Review".
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