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Title : Prevalence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in selected urban and countryside schools in Egypt
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Abstract
Background: Scoliosis is a lateral curvature of the spine when the Cobb angle is more than 10{u02DA} on the frontal plane. Curve detection before skeletal maturation gives a good opportunity for early treatment or prevention of curve progression. Purpose: to compare between the prevalence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in selected urban and countryside areas in Egypt. Methods: This study was conducted on 840 Egyptian male students with age range from 10 to 15 years. Students were divided into two groups, )group A: urban and group B: Countryside). Screening was conducted on both groups by using Adam{u2019}s forward bend test (FBT), students with rib hump (positive test) and students with no hump (negative test). Then by the Scoliometer High Definition application with reading 7 o̊r more ({u2265}20 degrees Cobb angle). Results: The forward bending test group A showed higher positive results (41.43%) than group B (17.14%). The scoliometer HD application readings (7 o̊r more) showed significance difference between two groups as group A (12.61%) and group B (5%). Conclusion: Urban male schools students have a higher prevalence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis than that in countryside schools