Scoliosis.
Conditions
Interventions
This is an epidemiological, cross-sectional study, without intervention, assessment of postural health of schoolchildren. 212 children from the city of Santa Cruz, infants were evaluated, and 123 cons
89 and the group without scoliosis. The students were assessed at a single time at the school for nursing and physiotherapy students previously trained. For evaluation of posture and risk factors asso
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Eligibility
Age
7 Years to 17 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The study included children and adolescents aged between 07 and 17 years enrolled in primary or secondary schools, municipal or urban schools, in the morning or evening, in the city of Santa Cruz / RN, whose parents or guardians signed the informed consent (IC) approved by the Ethics in Research Involving Human UFRN.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Presence of physical and / or mental efficiency, orthopedic injury, trauma and / or rheumatologic that prevented the maintenance of orthostatic position.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Through a selection of stratified random sample with proportional random drawing from among the members of each school room of the public schools in the municipality of Santa Cruz, RN, it is expected that 250 students participate in the study. And that the median prevalence of scoliosis is low (<50%).;The final study sample consisted of 212 school children, 41.51 % (n=88) were male and 58.49 % female (n=124) , aged 7:17 years. The refusal rate for participation in the study was less than 15.2 % (n=38). The prevalence of scoliosis was 58.1 % (n=123) , more frequently in females [83 (39.2 %) vs 40 (18.9%)]. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Other outcomes analyzed were: flexibility of the posterior muscle chain, sociodemographic characteristics (age, sex, address, parents' education, family income), anthropometric (weight, height, BMI, body fat percentage), assessment of life habits, maturation sexual and ergonomic analysis (backpack weight and measures of school furniture). Which was expected there was a positive association of scoliosis with the following variables: poor flexibility of the posterior muscle chain, low family socioeconomic dominance, high BMI (overweight / obese), weight of the backpack and inadequate school furniture. And inversely associated with the nocturnal habits of over 8 hours sleep, and sleeping habit network.;In the analysis in a bivariate model , we observed that scoliosis is positively associated with age range of 13 to 15 years , the female gender , the maturational stage pubertal and post -pubertal , overweight / obesity and muscle shortening of the posterior chain lower limbs . And inversely associated with seat height of inadequate school chair , and a tendency to habit of sleeping for more than 10 hours per night. However , in the multivariate model the female gender , pubertal and post- pubertal stage of sexual maturation , overweight / obesity , muscle shortening and time to drive thighs in school furniture were positively associated with scoliosis. While the habit of nocturnal sleep up to 8 hours ( 8 to 10 am ; > 10h ) and the habit of sleeping in network showed an inverse association with the presence of scoliosis. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactMarina Baroni
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Outcome results
None listed