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Lorenzo Gamez
Publications - 5
Citations - 1495
Lorenzo Gamez is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Scoliosis & Cobb angle. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications receiving 1312 citations.
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Adult scoliosis: prevalence, SF-36, and nutritional parameters in an elderly volunteer population
Frank J. Schwab,Ashok Dubey,Lorenzo Gamez,Abdelkrim Benchikh El Fegoun,Ki Hwang,Murali Pagala,J.-P. Farcy +6 more
TL;DR: The scoliosis prevalence rate of 68% found in this study reveals a rate significantly higher than reported in other studies, and appears to reflect the targeted selection of an elderly group.
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Adult scoliosis: a quantitative radiographic and clinical analysis.
Frank J. Schwab,Vinson A. Smith,Michele Biserni,Lorenzo Gamez,Jean-Pierre Farcy,Murali Pagala +5 more
TL;DR: This study showed that lateral vertebral olisthy, L3 and L4 endplate obliquity angles, lumbar lordosis, and thoracolumbar kyphosis were significantly correlated with pain.
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Adult scoliosis: a health assessment analysis by SF-36.
TL;DR: It is concluded that adult scoliosis is becoming a medical condition of significant impact, affecting the fastest growing section of the authors' society to a previously unrecognized degree.
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Center of gravity and radiographic posture analysis: a preliminary review of adult volunteers and adult patients affected by scoliosis.
Abdelkrim Benchikh El Fegoun,Frank J. Schwab,Lorenzo Gamez,Nicolas Champain,Wafa Skalli,Jean-Pierre Farcy +5 more
TL;DR: The plumbline represents a common and convenient visual display of apparent sagittal plane imbalance, but its value as a marker of true postural balance must be questioned.
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A lumbar classification of scoliosis in the adult patient : Preliminary approach
TL;DR: A simple classification of adult scoliosis was developed based on frontal and sagittal plane standing radiographs, with self-reported pain and disability increased with increasing type, with surgical rates increasing from types I to III.