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| Title |
Historical overview of spinal deformities in ancient Greece
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders, February 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1748-7161-4-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Elias S Vasiliadis, Theodoros B Grivas, Angelos Kaspiris |
| Abstract |
Little is known about the history of spinal deformities in ancient Greece. The present study summarizes what we know today for diagnosis and management of spinal deformities in ancient Greece, mainly from the medical treatises of Hippocrates and Galen. Hippocrates, through accurate observation and logical reasoning was led to accurate conclusions firstly for the structure of the spine and secondly for its diseases. He introduced the terms kyphosis and scoliosis and wrote in depth about diagnosis and treatment of kyphosis and less about scoliosis. The innovation of the board, the application of axial traction and even the principle of trans-abdominal correction for correction of spinal deformities have their origin in Hippocrates. Galen, who lived nearly five centuries later impressively described scoliosis, lordosis and kyphosis, provided aetiologic implications and used the same principles with Hippocrates for their management, while his studies influenced medical practice on spinal deformities for more than 1500 years. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 185 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 185 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 31 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 16 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 6% |
| Other | 35 | 19% |
| Unknown | 56 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 69 | 37% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 8% |
| Engineering | 7 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 26 | 14% |
| Unknown | 58 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 January 2024.
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#4,659,519
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#34
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#18,280
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#2
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