Way of Life as Emphasizing Factors in the Progression of Idiophatic Scoliosis in Adolescence Era

Abstract

Introduction:Idiopathic scoliosis is a significant health problem which occurs in 2%–4% school kids in adolescent age. Reasons of occurrence are not quite clear, there are many theories, but probably it is multifactor disease. Among the theories that are mentioned some of them included environmental and behavioral factors.Aim:Research the impact of some environmental and behavioral factor on development and progression of idiopathic scoliosis in school kids.Methodology:Research was conducted on 421 pupil in adolescent age, where 120 pupils was from urban schools and 301 pupil from rural schools. Environmental factors and habits like the bigger osteomuscular structure mobility at kids from rural schools, longer outdoor time spending, different nutrition, alcoholism and smoking, different obligations, etc. factors which can be cause of scoliosis development.Results:In this research we assumed that different environmental and behavioral factors of school kids, which exist in rural and urban areas, can develop to different expression of scoliosis in these areas. In our research we proved that the scoliosis occurrence is more often in urban areas than in rural (Fisher’s exact test P<0.001).Conclusion:It is necessary to research all factors of lifestyle individually, which are different between the urban and rural kids.

Trunk asymmetry at children aged 10-15 years: relation between amount of asymmetry and risk factors.

“…In our study, we found that the prevalence and severity of trunk asymmetry is significantly higher in subjects living in urban areas, than in those living in rural areas. This fact was also reported in 2012 [24]. They studied the influence of environmental and behavioral factors on the development and on the progression of idiopathic scoliosis in school-age children.…”