Prevalence of scoliosis and cost-effectiveness of screening in schools in Turkey.

@article{Ura2010PrevalenceOS,
  title={Prevalence of scoliosis and cost-effectiveness of screening in schools in Turkey.},
  author={Ali Akın Uğraş and Murat Yılmaz and Ibrahim Sungur and İbrahim Kaya and Yasin Koyuncu and Mahmut Ercan Çetinus},
  journal={Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation},
  year={2010},
  volume={23 1},
  pages={
          45-8
        }
}
The study was intended determine the prevalence of scoliosis and to assess the cost-effectiveness of a school screening program for scoliosis in Turkey. A total of 4259 children (2057 females and 2022 males aged 10-14 years old) were screened. Thirty-nine children had a positive forward bending test. The prevalence of scoliosis was 25 per 1000 in the screened population. The ratio of girls to boys with scoliosis was 2.5:1. A minor curve was detected in 72.7% of children with scoliosis (Cobb… 
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