[1
]Department of Anatomy, United Arab Emirates University, Faculty of Medicine and Health
Sciences, Box 17666, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
[2
]Trauma and Orthopaedic Department, "Tzanio" General Hospital of Piraeus, Greece
[3
]Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
[4
]Kansas University Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd: MS 3017, Kansas City, KS 66160
USA
[5
]Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Station “Centre-Ville”,
P.O. Box 6079, Montreal, QC, H3C 3A7, Canada
[6
]'CAD Innovation in Orthopedic Engineering", NSERC-Medtronic Industrial, Spine Biomechanics,
Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Station “Centre-Ville”, P.O. Box 6079, Montreal,
QC, H3C 3A7, Canada
[7
]Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center, P.O. Box 6079, Downtown Station, Montreal,
Quebec H3C 3A7 Canada
[8
]Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, Queen's
Medical Centre Campus, Nottingham, UK
[9
]School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
[10
]Viscogliosi Laboratory in Molecular Genetics of Musculoskeletal Diseases, Sainte-Justine
University Hospital Research Center, Montréal, Qc, Canada
[11
]Rehabilitation Technology, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, 10230 111 Ave NW, Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada
[12
]Rehabilitation Technology, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, 10230 111 Ave NW, Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada
[13
]Department of Stomatology, Faculty of Dentistry, Université de Montréal, Canada
[14
]Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Canada
[15
]National Scoliosis Foundation, 5 Cabot Place, Stoughton, MA 02072, USA
[16
]University of Vermont,, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabiliation, Burlington,
VT 05405-0084, USA
[17
]Orthopädie, Physikalische und Rehabilitative Medizin, Chirotherapie, Physikalische
Therapie Alzeyer Str. 23, D-55457 Gensingen, Germany
[18
]Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, 10230 111 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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