1. INCIDENCE OF SCHEUERMANN??S DISEASE
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Baigent Ml, Hill Pd, and Fisk Jw
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Dorsum ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Hamstring muscles ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,education ,Rehabilitation ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Preliminary report ,medicine ,Lumbar spine ,business ,Scheuermann's disease - Abstract
This is a report on a study of 96 students aged 17 and 18 at two of our local schools. Each student completed a questionnaire, underwent a simple examination of the spine and a measurement of the passive stretch in the hamstring muscles, and had a lateral X-ray of the dorsal and upper lumbar spine. An overall X-ray evidence of Scheuermann's Disease was detected in 60% of males and 23% of females. The possible significance of these results is discussed.
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- 1982
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