title: [Prevention of spine deformities in adolescents due to inadequate posture].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The spine deformities tend to increase, and in 90% of children they change the quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine the percents of spinal deformity in our population of adolescents, and long bad posture in and out of school as a factor for its increase.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 124 adolescents attending High Musical School in Bitola and Skopje, who underwent four standard spine tests and an interview.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to the test 3, 50% of the examined adolescents in Bitola and 69% in Skopje had the postural spine deformity, the average being 59.5%. The results obtained by the questionnaire showed that 50% of adolescents did not have any physical activity out of school, the longest daily activity, lasting four hours, in 48% of the examinees was practising their musical instruments; 40% of the examinees spent two hours watching TV or using the computer, whereas 18% did not use any of them at all.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The bad spine posture tends to deteriorate in adolescents and the factor influencing this result should be established by studies aimed at determining the effects of physical activity on reducing such deformities, since the specific type of their education induces the risk of developing pain and early degenerative changes of the spine, which are predominant in the professionals.
authors.affiliation: Visoka medicinska skola, Bitolj, R. Makedonija. betiramova62@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Elizabeta Popova
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Ramova
authors.forename: Milica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lazović
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011187:Posture; D013121:Spinal Curvatures / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055815:Young Adult