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Trunk abnormalities in adolescence : a school health care based epidemiological cohort study
- Publication date
- 22 September 1993
- Publisher
- The rationale for the studies presented in this thesis was the whish to answer
the question whether an extra scoliosis screening should be added to the two
periodical medical examinations during adolescence. It was decided to use data
collected in a prospective follow-up study conducted since 1984 to answer the
following subquestions:
1. What is the prevalence of trunk abnormalities, including scoliosis and
Scheuermann's disease?
2. What is the incidence of trunk abnormalities?
3. What ace the determinants of trunk abnormalities?
4. Are the current frequency of periodical medical examinations during
adolescence, and the applied method of examining posture and back, adequate
for early detection of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis?
5. Is it feasible to have scoliosis screening performed by school nurses?
6. What happens in the period between referral for scoliosis by the school
physician and the onset of observation or treatment by the orthopedic surgeon?