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智能不足;脊柱側彎;亞當氏向前彎腰試驗;mental retardation;scoliosis;Adam's forward bending test
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The Prevalence Of Scoliosis In The Institutionalized Non-Cerebral Palsy Mentally Retarded Patients, Chi-Hung Chiu, Li-Wen Liao, Young-Hue Yu, I-Chiun Lu, Ming-Fong Tsai, Chien-Hui Li
The Prevalence Of Scoliosis In The Institutionalized Non-Cerebral Palsy Mentally Retarded Patients, Chi-Hung Chiu, Li-Wen Liao, Young-Hue Yu, I-Chiun Lu, Ming-Fong Tsai, Chien-Hui Li
Rehabilitation Practice and Science
This study aimed to assess the prevalence, severity, and correlation between non-cerebral palsy mental retardation and scoliosis in a special education institute in Taipei. Adam's forward bending test was used to clinically screen 237 mental retardation non-cerebral palsy patients for scoliosis. Those patients with positive forward bending tests were referred for standing spinal radiographs, so that the Cobb angle could be quantified to allow evaluation of the severity of the scoliosis. Of the 237 students, 41 (17.3%) had positive signs in the screening test (female:16.19%, male:18.18%). All 41 patients then underwent standing spinal radiographs and the results revealed a scoliosis …