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AAP Grand Rounds 3:16-17 (2000)
© 2000 American Academy of Pediatrics

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Scoliosis Screening in School

Source: Yawn BP, Yawn RA, Hodge D, et al. A population-based study of school scoliosis screening. JAMA. 1999;282:1427–1432.

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School-based scoliosis screening programs are mandated in 26 states in the United States, yet little outcome data are available. To study the effectiveness of these programs, a retrospective cohort study was performed among children attending public or private schools in Rochester, Minnesota. Children were followed until they left the district or reached 19 years of age. Data which included results of school-based screenings performed annually in grades 5–9 was subsequently combined with data from medical records. Main outcome measures included the number of children diagnosed and treated . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Daniel R. Neuspiel, MD, FAAP
Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY