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NCT Number: NCT03894865

Screening and Prevalence of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis in Selected Urban and Countryside Schools in Egypt

Early detection of scoliosis and determination of which areas are more affected urban or countryside will help in early management. Also, this will guide the government and the community for early intervention to decrease the factors that leads to this postural abnormality. This also will guide another clinician to search for the cause of these posture deformities and to concentrate screening for special areas with special cultures.

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Key information

Conditions

Scoliosis Bone Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Spinal Curvatures Spinal Diseases

Age range

10 year–15 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Faculty of Physical therapy, Cairo University

Cairo, egypt, Egypt

About this study

Scoliosis may have an impact on the Egyptian society as children between 10-15 years old represent 9.5 % of the population which is the third large category appendix (3). So without the early detection of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis for that age group, bad impacts will be implemented for Egyptian society by causing disabilities and psychological problems for these children.

The early detection of scoliosis is of a great importance as curve detection before skeletal maturation gives a good opportunity for early treatment or prevention of curve progression. Scoliosis has a bad effect on cosmetic appearance, quality of life, Psychological well-being, disability, back Pain, breathing function. It may also progress in adulthood and need further treatment. So a multidimensional and comprehensive evaluation of scoliosis patients is necessary to design a complete therapeutic approach.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age range from 10 to 15 years.
  • Males students.
  • Students who have structural scoliosis.

Exclusion criteria

  • Congenital deformities.
  • Recent fracture and there is a fixation in the upper or the lower extremities
  • Neuromuscular disorder (Cerebral palsy and spinal muscle atrophy).
  • Syndromic disorders (Muscular dystrophy, Osteogenesis imperfect, and Spina-bifida).

Treatment and study plan

procedure1

Other

The students will be asked to bend forward with his knees straight, feet together and hands freely and loosely hanged. if there was scoliosis the rib cage rotated and a hump appeared. Positive test indicated the presence of a rib hump and negative if there was any hump appeared

Other names: Adam's forward bend test

procedure2

Other

Measurement of the angle of trunk rotation (ATR) by using a scoliometer HD smartphone application.

Other names: Angle of trunk rotation

Primary outcomes

  1. Positive Adam's forward bending test

    Time frame: 10 minutes

    Proportion of patients with a positive Adam's forward bending test

  2. degree of trunk rotation

    Time frame: 15 minutes

    scoliometer HD reading >7 degrees (=>20 degrees Cobb angle) Proportion of patients with more than 7 degree

Secondary outcomes

  1. screening

    Time frame: 15 minutes

    percentage of childerns with idiopathic scoliosis

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cairo University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Mar 29, 2019
Registry last updated
Jul 30, 2019

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