title: [Scoliosis screening using plantar pressure analysis].
abstract: Earlier scoliosis detection is one of the orthopedics and family doctor challenge. Normally, the first observation about a child deformity should be done by the family doctor in order to announce or not the need of special investigations by a specialist. Usually, the so called idiopathic scoliosis is determined by some factor that interfere during the growing period and most of the time a wrong body attitude static and dynamic during daily activities (learning, sleeping, playing, sitting) and/or angular discrepancy or limb length discrepancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  All those factors effects can be seen in a plantar pressure analysis evaluation witch soft give us information about the center of gravity of the body and the pressure on the foot that can be correlate in order to discover any articulation imbalance, even the spine deformity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It has been demonstrated through algorithms and case studies that a specific pattern of the plantar pressure analysis image is characteristic for the scoliotic persons.
authors.affiliation: Facultatea de Bioinginerie Medicală, Disciplina Biomecanică, Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie Gr.T. Popa Iaşi.
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Dimitriu
authors.forename: Fl
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Munteanu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000465:Algorithms; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005530:Foot Deformities / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006112:Gravitation; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D004856:Postural Balance; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011312:Pressure; D012399:Rotation; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity