AMBIENTUM BIOETHICA BIOLOGIA CHEMIA DIGITALIA DRAMATICA EDUCATIO ARTIS GYMNAST. ENGINEERING EPHEMERIDES EUROPAEA GEOGRAPHIA GEOLOGIA HISTORIA HISTORIA ARTIUM INFORMATICA IURISPRUDENTIA MATHEMATICA MUSICA NEGOTIA OECONOMICA PHILOLOGIA PHILOSOPHIA PHYSICA POLITICA PSYCHOLOGIA-PAEDAGOGIA SOCIOLOGIA THEOLOGIA CATHOLICA THEOLOGIA CATHOLICA LATIN THEOLOGIA GR.-CATH. VARAD THEOLOGIA ORTHODOXA THEOLOGIA REF. TRANSYLVAN
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Background: A school screening for trunk asymmetries was performed in 2015, to assess children and teenage population the prevalence of these asymmetries. Objectives: To report the prevalence of trunk asymmetry in normal children and adolescents in Cluj-Napoca, by a cross-sectional study. Methods: The traditional Adam’s forward bending test and scoliometer readings were used during the screening program to collect quantitative data. The angle of trunk rotation was measured to quantify the existing trunk asymmetry. A number of 373 subjects (199 male and 174 female) were screened, with a mean age of 13.0 ±1.48 (girls 12.73±1.51; boys 13.26±1.41). Results: The subjects were divided into two groups according to the severity of trunk asymmetry. In the first group, asymmetry was 1 to 6 degrees and in the second group was 7 or more degrees. The mean frequency of (severe) asymmetry of 7 or more degrees was 1.84% in boys and 7.28% in girls. The mean frequency of symmetric (angle of trunk rotation = 0 degrees) boys and girls was 70.5% and 66.7%, respectively. Conclusions: 47.7% of boys and 41.7% of girls were found to be absolutely symmetric in all regions of the spine. Girls are found to have a higher frequency of asymmetry than boys do. Right trunk asymmetry was more common than left. These findings are also supported by several studies from other European regions.
Keywords: trunk asymmetry, school screening, scoliosis, scoliometer measurement.
