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8707169

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-9
pubmed:abstractText
Scoliosis screening is still under debate. It is generally agreed that it is not cost-effective, but some still favor it as integral to preventive medicine. Among 2940 school children, aged 9 - 13, from several Moslem-Arab villages in the western Galilee, 55 (1.9%) were found to have some deformity on physical examination and were referred for spinal X-ray. Of these, 24 were X-rayed and in 20 of them there was a scoliosis of more than 7 degrees. The prevalence of in-family marriage in those with deformities was 31%, not significantly different from the 35% found in their communities. Using the worst-case analysis, the Moslem-Arab population of western Galilee cannot be regarded as a population at risk for scoliosis. Considering the poor cooperation of the parents with further investigation, we conclude that scoliosis screening should not be performed in this community.
pubmed:language
heb
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0017-7768
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
130
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
297-300, 358
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
[Screening for scoliosis in western Galilee schools].
pubmed:affiliation
Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Beilinson Medical Center, Nahariya.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract