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Table 1 Historical screening for scoliosis in Europe (1915)[6]

From: The pendulum swings back to scoliosis screening: screening policies for early detection and treatment of idiopathic scoliosis - current concepts and recommendations

Author

Country-City

No children examined

Scoliosis prevalence %

 

Kotelmann

Hamburg

515

1,17

 

Key

Swedeen

3219

10,4

 

Combe Scoden

Lausanne

2314

24,6

 

Dufestel

Paris

115

33,0

 

Lambadarios

Athens

2505

20,0

 

Author

Scoliotics

Boys

Girls

 

Kolliker

721

144

577

 

Schulthess

377

51

326

 

Lambadarios

501

156%

28%

 

Author

Scoliotics

Right curve

Left curve

Double curve

Adams

742

619

123

-

Dally

85

58

27

-

Key

751

691

60

-

Dufestel

38

27

11

-

Drachmann

130

581

727

-

Lambadaris

501

252

227

22