[Possible relationship between idiopathic scoliosis and morphologic somatotypes in adolescent females]. / Relation possible entre la scoliose idiopathique de l'adolescente et les somatotypes morphologiques.
Ann Chir
; 49(8): 762-7, 1995.
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ABSTRACT
This retrospective study was conducted to verify the possibility of a relationship between morphological somatotypes and Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS). The sample was composed of 77 adolescent girls presenting Idiopathic Scoliosis. In every case, scoliosis was important enough to necessitate a corrective surgery. The control group (historical type) was taken from an anthropometric study done in 1990 [5]. Morphotypes were evaluated from medical slides with pre-established criteria based on Sheldon's technique [3, 4]. Three somatotype values were obtained One for ectomorphism, a second for mesomorphism and a third for endomorphism. This classification system is calibrated in a way that the summation of these 3 values necessarily gives 7. AIS patients appear less mesomorphic with a mean value of 1,208 +/- 1.03 than the control group with a mean value of 1,923 +/- 0.89 (Student "t" test 6,149, p < 0.0001). Based on these results, a relationship between morphological somatotypes and the presence of AIS appears possible. A more elaborate prospective study will be needed to support this hypothesis.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Escoliose
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Somatotipos
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Ann Chir
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá