Key result
Southern Chinese girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis were taller and had longer sitting heights and lower limb lengths than normal controls.
Why the study?
Are southern Chinese females with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis taller than their nonscoliotic counterparts?
Population
197 southern Chinese females with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
long-term
Authors
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Anthropometric differences associated with AIS in Southern Chinese girls; leaves open causality and screening implications.
Case-Control (n=197)
Are southern Chinese females with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis taller than their nonscoliotic counterparts?
Southern Chinese females with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis are taller than normal controls, primarily due to increased sitting height.
Leong et al. (1982) conducted a case-control in Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (n=197). Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis vs. Normal controls was evaluated on Linear growth (standing height, sitting height, lower limb length). Southern Chinese girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis were taller and had longer sitting heights and lower limb lengths than normal controls.
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