Prevalence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis among primary school children in Canakkale, Turkey
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Prevalence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis among primary school children in Canakkale, Turkey
Materials and methods The universe of our study was chosen from primary school students. The sample size was calculated separately for provinces and districts, 1321 and 1420, respectively. We chose 12 schools totally by cluster sampling method. Presence of AIS was evaluated with scoliometre and posture analysis. Students who have skeletal deformity or major skeletal surgery history were exclude...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scoliosis
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1748-7161
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-7-s1-o37