Summary
All school children in Patiala City (25,376) were examined to find out the incidence of scoliosis. There were 12,934 boys and 12,442 girls. Their ages ranged from 5 to 18 years. Adam's forward-bending test and a newly designed “Scoliometer” was used to detect and measure the rib hump in all cases. There was an overall incidence of scoliosis of 0.13%. This was higher in boys (0.15%) than in girls (0.10%). The majority of the curves were mild (81.25%). Paralytic scoliosis was the major group (43.7%) and most the result of poliomyelitis. The incidence was higher in the low socioeconomic group (0.4%), compared to the middle (0.12%) and high (0.01%) income groups.
Résumé
Afin d'apprécier la fréquence de la scoliose, tous les écoliers de Patiala City (25 376) ont été examinés. Il y avait 12 934 garçons et 12 442 filles. Ils étaient âgés de 5 à 18 ans. On a utilisé dans tous les cas pour détecter et mesurer la gibbosité le test de flexion antérieure d'Adam et un nouveau «scoliomètre». La fréquence globale de la scoliose était de 0,13%. Elle était plus importante chez les garçons (0,15%) que chez les filles (0,10%). La majorité des courbures étaient modérées (81,25%). Les scolioses paralytiques constituaient le groupe le plus nombreux (43,7%) et la plupart étaient la conséquence d'une poliomyélite. La fréquence était plus élevée dans le groupe socio-économique le plus bas (0,4%), comparativement aux groupes de revenus moyens (0,12%) et supérieurs (0,01%).
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Mittal, R.L., Aggerwal, R. & Sarwal, A.K. School screening for scoliosis in India the evaluation of a scoliometer. International Orthopaedics 11, 335–338 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00271310
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