ArticleArchives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique2021
Influence of physical activity and postural habits in schoolchildren with scoliosis.
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- Correlation between physical activity and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Pooled it
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- Epidemiological survey of scoliosis screening in schools among 51,025 adolescents in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Gansu Province, China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Association of physical activity and sedentary time with scoliosis screening positive in Chinese primary and secondary school students: a cohort study in Shanghai.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Association between postural habits and lifestyle factors of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in Syria.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The role of school medicine in the early detection and management of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2023Article
- The Impact of Physical Activity on Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Associations of physical activity and screen time with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2023Article
- The correlation between strength and range of motion of the neck muscles and opium smoking in Iran.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundScoliosis is considered one of the main musculoskeletal changes in childhood, and is characterized by three-dimensional changes in the spine. Schoolchildren is a group who are directly exposed to this condition because they go through a rapid growth phase in adolescence, added to other external factors such as school environment and daily living habits such as little physical activity. This study aimed to identify the risk factors associated with scoliosis in schoolchildren.
methodsAn observational, retrospective case control study with a quantitative approach was carried out in the city of Santa Cruz/RN. The presence of scoliosis was assessed using the Adams test and physical activity by the Daily Physical Activity Index (IPAQ) and by a questionnaire on competitive sports practice, in addition to a questionnaire on postural habits in childhood and adolescence. Conditional multiple logistic regression was performed for statistical analysis, and the adjusted Odds Ratios (OR) and the respective confidence intervals (95%) of the outcome variable were estimated.
resultsA total of 156 schoolchildren participated in the study, with an average age of 13.9 years, with 55.1% being female and 44.9% male, attending between the 6th grade of elementary school and the 3rd year of high school. Furthermore, 42.9% of these participants were considered irregularly active and only 33.3% practiced physical activity on a regular basis. After bivariate analysis and conditional logistic regression, little physical activity was shown to be a risk factor for scoliosis (p = 0.041; OR: 2.81; 95% CI: 1.04-7.57), while the postural habits evaluated in this study did not show a statistical association with scoliosis.
conclusionLow practice of physical activity and schoolchildren being classified as irregularly active were considered as risk factors for scoliosis, however postural habits do not seem to be associated with this condition.
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