School screening for scoliosis in India. The evaluation of a scoliometer.
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.
Department of Orthopaedics, Government Medical College, Rajendra Hospital, India.
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Mittal
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Aggerwal
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Sarwal
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009983:Orthopedic Equipment; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000453:epidemiology*