Will the COVID-19 pandemic increase the prevalence of idiopathic scoliosis?

Med Hypotheses. 2021 Feb:147:110477. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110477. Epub 2020 Dec 31.

¹ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Electronic address: altanliu@gmail.com.
² Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
³ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Electronic address: yong.hai@ccmu.edu.cn.
⁴ School of Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
⁵ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

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Keywords: Aetiology; COVID-19; Central nervous system; Idiopathic scoliosis; SARS-CoV-2; Scoliosis.

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