title: [Spinal pain in school children].
abstract: The investigation was carried out to determine the prevalence of back pain among the population of the school-children aged from 6 to 17 yrs. 3386 children from primary Warsaw schools randomly chosen, were investigated according to the questionnaire based on the diagnostic criteria of juvenile spondyloarthropathies (JSA). Total prevalence of spinal pain was 10.14%. Back pain occurred more frequently than the low - back and cervical pain (5.1% vs 3.44% and 3.04%). The incidence of painful episodes was highest between the age 12 - 15 yrs. Although no definite spondyloarthropathy was found among the investigated children - spinal pain occurred most frequently in those who showed one of the signs included into JSA criteria. This may imply the presence of a risk factor for developing spondyloarthropathy in the future.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Reumatologii Wieku Rozwojowego, ul. Spartańska 1, Warszawa, Poland.
authors.forename: Anna M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Romicka
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rostropowicz-Denisiewicz
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moskalewicz
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wojtyniak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D025242:Spondylarthropathies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000503:physiopathology*