Transversal analysis of scoliotic disorders at young adolescents from urban and rural areas

Abstract

The main aim of the research is to determine the frequency, severity, structure, and possible differences of spinal disorders among the girls from urban and rural areas in Montenegro. Research of transversal character included 155 female respondents, 77 of whom were from urban and 78 from rural areas, the average age 13.7 years. The analysis of scoliotic disorders was performed by using several combined techniques and methods of measurement: somatoscopy method, method by using plumb line and ruler, test of raising hand on the concave side of the body, Adams test, test of "voluntary" muscle contraction and higher position test (

Higher prevalence of trunk rotation among Egyptian students in urban than in countryside areas

“…on the other hand, the results of the present study do not agree with those obtained by Čanjak et al [22], who stated that all types of scoliosis were fairly distributed among girls of different socio-economic status. This may be attributed to gender differences, as we conducted our study in male students only.…”

“…This leads to the conclusion that living in the countryside does not necessarily mean living a healthy life in all ways, but it also has some flaws, and that the number of factors causing spinal deformities is much greater in urban than in countryside areas. This contrasts with the observations reported by Čanjak et al [22], who found no significant difference in the prevalence of scoliosis between girls in urban and in rural areas.…”

“…This may be attributed to gender differences, as we conducted our study in male students only. But Čanjak et al [22] found thoracic scoliosis to be the most prevalent, which is consistent with our study with regard to the location. This also corroborates a study by Suh et al [4], who demonstrated a thoracic scoliosis rate of 47.59%, followed by thoracolumbar curvatures (40.10%), double curvatures (9.09%), and double thoracic curvatures (3.22%).…”