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

NCT ID: NCT03894865

Last Updated: 2019-07-30

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 840 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-04-01
• Study Completion Date: 2019-07-01

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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.

Conditions

Scoliosis

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SCREENING
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

urban school

Male students from selected urban schools undergo screening for idiopathic scoliosis

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

procedure1

Intervention Type: 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

procedure2

Intervention Type: OTHER

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

countryside schools

Male students from selected countryside schools undergo screening for idiopathic scoliosis

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

procedure1

Intervention Type: 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

procedure2

Intervention Type: OTHER

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

Interventions

procedure1

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

Intervention Type: OTHER

procedure2

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

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Adam's forward bend test; Angle of trunk rotation

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age range from 10 to 15 years.

2. Males students.

3. Students who have structural scoliosis.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Congenital deformities.

2. Recent fracture and there is a fixation in the upper or the lower extremities

3. Neuromuscular disorder (Cerebral palsy and spinal muscle atrophy).

4. Syndromic disorders (Muscular dystrophy, Osteogenesis imperfect, and Spina-bifida).

• Minimum Eligible Age: 10 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 15 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Karima Abdelaty Hassan

principal investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

karima A Hassan, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Cairo University

Locations

Faculty of Physical therapy, Cairo University

Cairo, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

scoliosis in Egypt

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id