Scoliosis
Conditions
Keywords
scoliosis, prevalence, screening, Egypt
Brief summary
Early detection of scoliosis and determination of which areas are more affected urban or countryside will help in early management. Also, this will guide the government and the community for early intervention to decrease the factors that leads to this postural abnormality. This also will guide another clinician to search for the cause of these posture deformities and to concentrate screening for special areas with special cultures.
Detailed description
Scoliosis may have an impact on the Egyptian society as children between 10-15 years old represent 9.5 % of the population which is the third large category appendix (3). So without the early detection of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis for that age group, bad impacts will be implemented for Egyptian society by causing disabilities and psychological problems for these children. The early detection of scoliosis is of a great importance as curve detection before skeletal maturation gives a good opportunity for early treatment or prevention of curve progression. Scoliosis has a bad effect on cosmetic appearance, quality of life, Psychological well-being, disability, back Pain, breathing function. It may also progress in adulthood and need further treatment. So a multidimensional and comprehensive evaluation of scoliosis patients is necessary to design a complete therapeutic approach.
Interventions
OTHERprocedure1
The students will be asked to bend forward with his knees straight, feet together and hands freely and loosely hanged. if there was scoliosis the rib cage rotated and a hump appeared. Positive test indicated the presence of a rib hump and negative if there was any hump appeared
OTHERprocedure2
Measurement of the angle of trunk rotation (ATR) by using a scoliometer HD smartphone application.
Sponsors
Cairo University
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
10 Years to 15 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Age range from 10 to 15 years. 2. Males students. 3. Students who have structural scoliosis.
Exclusion criteria
1. Congenital deformities. 2. Recent fracture and there is a fixation in the upper or the lower extremities 3. Neuromuscular disorder (Cerebral palsy and spinal muscle atrophy). 4. Syndromic disorders (Muscular dystrophy, Osteogenesis imperfect, and Spina-bifida).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Positive Adam's forward bending test | 10 minutes | Proportion of patients with a positive Adam's forward bending test |
| degree of trunk rotation | 15 minutes | scoliometer HD reading \>7 degrees (=\>20 degrees Cobb angle) Proportion of patients with more than 7 degree |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| screening | 15 minutes | percentage of childerns with idiopathic scoliosis |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed