X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Muscles in Scoliosis
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Spine
- Vol. 3 (2) , 142-145
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-197806000-00008
Abstract
X-ray fluorescence spectrometry was used to determine calcium, copper, and zinc concentrations in paraspinal and gluteal muscles obtained during spinal surgery from patients with scoliosis. Samples of 1-3 mg were sufficient to demonstrate that calcium was higher in idiopathic than in other forms of scoliosis or in normal control muscles. It is suggested that a calcium-related neuromuscular defect could be an important factor in the genesis of idiopathic scoliosisKeywords
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