Early detection of potential scoliosis in elementary school student of banjarmasin: Result of three examination models Heriyani Farida1,*, Prayudha Hendra Haika2, Pratama Galih Adji2, Khairullah Muhammad Fahrizal2, noor Zairin3,4 1Department of Public Health, Lambung Mangkurat University Banjarmasin 2Medical Education Program, Lambung Mangkurat University Banjarmasin 3Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Medical Faculty, Lambung Mangkurat University Banjarmasin 4General Hospital of Ulin Banjarmasin *Corresponding Author: Medical Faculty, Lambung Mangkurat University Banjarmasin, Jalan Veteran No.128, Banjarmasin, 70232, Indonesia, email: faridaheriyani1819@gmail.com
Online published on 26 October, 2018. Abstract Scoliosis is the most common spinal disorder. Early detection of potential scoliosis has an important role in preventing damage and spinal disorders that worsen. Early detection of scoliosis for children is very important in order to prevent progressivity of the scoliosis curves. This study aims to determine the number of potential scoliosis in fifth and sixth-grade primary school students in Banjarmasin using three different examinations. The method of this study is using observational descriptive. Data were obtained using Scoliometer, Visual Inspection Physical Examination, and C7 Plumb Line Test on 127 students. The results showed that the number of students who have potential scoliosis was 33 students (25.98%) with scoliometer, 12 students (9.44%) with direct visual inspection physical examination, and nothing with C7 plumb line test. Students aged > 10 years have a greater percentage of potential scoliosis (27.5%) than students aged ≤ 10 years (25.3%) in scoliometer measurement, but vice versa in visual inspection. Female students have a greater percentage of potential scoliosis (36.73% with scoliometer and 16.33% with visual inspection) than in male students (19.23% and 5.13%). Top Keywords Early detection, scoliosis, scoliometer, visual inspection, C7 plumb line test. Top |