Screening for preadolescent and adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis of the spine in a Greek ROM population

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This article is part of the supplement: 5th International Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities .

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Screening for preadolescent and adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis of the spine in a Greek ROM population

Panagiotis Smyrnis¹, A Alexopoylos², Nick Sekouris³ and E Katsourakis²

¹Former Director of 5th Orthopaedic Department and Spinal Unil, KAT Hospital Athens, Greece

²State Hospital of Sparta, Orthopaedic Department, Peloponnesus, Greece

³Orthopaedic Surgeon

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from 5^thInternational Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities
Athens, Greece. 3–5 April 2008

Scoliosis 2009, 4(Suppl 1):O4doi:10.1186/1748-7161-4-S1-O4


Published:	15 January 2009

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Previous school screenings in Greece showed a prevalence of Id. Scoliosis similar to other countries in Europe, America and Asia averaging 1, 5-3% for curves ≥10°. A complete absence of ROM children with scoliosis was noted in contrast to such admissions for other orthopedic ailments.