Prevalence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with related postural deviation among grade 5 and 6 elementary students in two public schools in Dasmariñas, Cavite for School Year 2004-2005

Date of Completion

2005

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy

Keywords

Scoliosis, Children, Posture

Abstract

This study aimed to (1) determine the prevalence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis among grade 5 and 6 elementary students in 2 public schools in Dasmariñas, Cavite for the study the school year 2004-2005; (2) to determine the sociodemographic and developmental profiles of the respondents; (3) to determine the postural deviation among the respondents; (4) to determine the flexibility and mobility of the spines of the respondents; and (5) to determine the result of the forward bending test as a special test for scoliosis. This is a survey to determine the prevalence of adoloscent idiopathic scoliosis among grade 5 and 6 elementary students in 2 public schools in Dasmariñas, Cavite. This study included 1,219 elementary students as sample size. A purposive sampling of 2 out of 25 schools in Dasmariñas, Cavite was done. For each of the 2 schools, 2 grade levels, Grade 5 and 6, were selected, each level with an estimated class size of 12 sections with 50-70 students per section for the SY 2004-2005. The researchers used Postural Analysis in anterior-posterior and lateral views, and the Forward bending test. Scoliosis and other posture-related problem was moderately prevalent among grade 5 and grade 6 elementary students having 45.6% and 3.7% prevalence rate respectively. Females (53.3%) counterparts. Scoliosis and other related postural problems are moderately prevalent among grade 5 and 6 elementary students in 2 public schools in Dasmariñas, Cavite for the school year 2004-2005. Females were greatly affected as compared to their male counterparts. Respondents who were suspected to have scoliosis were found that the scoliosis was of non-structural type. Furthermore, forward bending test is the best non-invasive evaluation procedure in screening for scoliosis. Researchers were convinced that scoliosis and other postura; anomalies come hand-in-hand and should be evaluated carefully and separately.

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