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A Visual Scan Analysis Protocol for Postural Assessment at School in Young Students

The aim of this study was to compare the X-ray diagnosis with a non-invasive method for spine alignment assessment adopting a visual scan analysis with a plumb line and simetograph in middle-school students. The sample of this study was composed of 31 males and 50 females with an average age of 14.2...

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Autores principales: Alves, Maria E., Marinho, Daniel A., Carneiro, Duarte N., Alves, Jorge, Forte, Pedro, Nevill, Alan M., Morais, Jorge E.
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7215995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32340242
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082915
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author Alves, Maria E.
Marinho, Daniel A.
Carneiro, Duarte N.
Alves, Jorge
Forte, Pedro
Nevill, Alan M.
Morais, Jorge E.
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Marinho, Daniel A.
Carneiro, Duarte N.
Alves, Jorge
Forte, Pedro
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description The aim of this study was to compare the X-ray diagnosis with a non-invasive method for spine alignment assessment adopting a visual scan analysis with a plumb line and simetograph in middle-school students. The sample of this study was composed of 31 males and 50 females with an average age of 14.23 (± 3.11) years. The visual scan analysis was assessed at a school; whereas, the X-ray was performed in a hospital. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to assess the differences between methods and scoliosis classifications (non-accentuated <10º and scoliosis >10º), and the Kappa was used to assess the agreement between methods. The comparisons between the methods revealed non-significant differences (z = −0.577; p = 0.564), with almost perfect agreement between tests (K = 0.821; p < 0.001). Moreover, no statistical significance was observed between methods by the scoliosis classification (z = −1.000; p = 0.317), with almost perfect agreement between tests (K = 0.888; p < 0.001). This research supports the conclusion that there are no significant differences between the two methods. Therefore, it should be highlighted that this field test should be used by physical education teachers in their classes, or in a school context, in order to determine misalignments or scoliosis prevalence among middle-school students.
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spelling pubmed-72159952020-05-22 A Visual Scan Analysis Protocol for Postural Assessment at School in Young Students Alves, Maria E. Marinho, Daniel A. Carneiro, Duarte N. Alves, Jorge Forte, Pedro Nevill, Alan M. Morais, Jorge E. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The aim of this study was to compare the X-ray diagnosis with a non-invasive method for spine alignment assessment adopting a visual scan analysis with a plumb line and simetograph in middle-school students. The sample of this study was composed of 31 males and 50 females with an average age of 14.23 (± 3.11) years. The visual scan analysis was assessed at a school; whereas, the X-ray was performed in a hospital. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to assess the differences between methods and scoliosis classifications (non-accentuated <10º and scoliosis >10º), and the Kappa was used to assess the agreement between methods. The comparisons between the methods revealed non-significant differences (z = −0.577; p = 0.564), with almost perfect agreement between tests (K = 0.821; p < 0.001). Moreover, no statistical significance was observed between methods by the scoliosis classification (z = −1.000; p = 0.317), with almost perfect agreement between tests (K = 0.888; p < 0.001). This research supports the conclusion that there are no significant differences between the two methods. Therefore, it should be highlighted that this field test should be used by physical education teachers in their classes, or in a school context, in order to determine misalignments or scoliosis prevalence among middle-school students. MDPI 2020-04-23 2020-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7215995/ /pubmed/32340242 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082915 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7215995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32340242
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082915
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