Prevalence of scoliosis among grade five and six students of Carmona Elementary School as of the year 2005
Date of Completion
2005
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy
Keywords
Scoliosis, Children
Abstract
Scoliosis is the most defominf ortho[edic confronting children. It is a potentiallly conditions that affects children in ther active growth phase usually during early teenage years and essentially subsides upon completion of spinal growth, leaving a child with a permanent deformity. The screening tool was aimed to determine the respondents age, sex, height, weight, past medical, history of back pain, family medical history, menarche, history of shortness of breath , posture, ROM of truk , Hip , knee and ankle ,MMT and forward bending test. After study was implemented it turned that from the total of 204 females 75, or 65.78% were positive scoliosis. On the other hand, from the total of 220 male students, 39 were positive for scoiolisis. From the gathered data, the researchers have concluded that 25.58% from the grade 5 and 27.27% from the grade 6 students at Carmona Elementary School May have Scoliosis.
APA Citation
Jumalon, S. R., Morales, I., Nono, E., & Senson, R. (2005). Prevalence of scoliosis among grade five and six students of Carmona elementary school as of the year 2005. [Bachelor's thesis, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute]. GreenPrints. https://greenprints.dlshsi.edu.ph/bspt/311/