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The purpose of this study is to describe a rehabilitation program for low back pain in an individual with Marfan syndrome and surgical history of aortic root repair with mechanical aortic valve replacement (AVR) and Harrington rod placement to correct spinal scoliosis.

Publication Date

Summer 2018

City

St. Augustine, FL

Keywords

Marfan Syndrome, Rehabilitation, Low Back Pain, Physical Therapy Modalities, Scoliosis, Musculoskeletal Manipulations, Exercise Therapy

Disciplines

Physical Therapy

Comments

Presented at the Summer 2018 Research Day on the St. Augustine, FL, campus of the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences.

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Marfan Syndrome, It Doesn’t Have to be a Pain in the Back
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