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== Definition/ Description == | == Definition/ Description == | ||
The patient takes off his/her t-shirt so that the spine is visible. The patient needs to bend forward, starting at the waist until the back comes in the horizontal plane, with the feet together, arms hanging and the knees in extension. The palms are hold together. The examiner stands at the back of the patient and looks along the horizontal plane of the spine, searching for abnormalities of the spinal curve, like increased or decreased lordosis/ kyphosis, and an asymmetry of the <br>trunk.<ref name="[1]">iScoliosis. Symptoms. http://www.iscoliosis.com/symptoms.html (accessed 11 November 2011)</ref>, <ref name="[2]">Scoliosis. In Depth Revieuw of Scoliosis: Introduction, Clinical. http://www.e-radiography.net/radpath/s/scoliosis/scoliosis.htm (accessed 11 November 2011)</ref>, <ref name="[3]">Scoliosis. Physical Examination. http://adam.about.net/reports/000068_5.htm (accessed 11 November 2011)</ref> <ref name="[4]">B.V. Reamy, J. B . Slakey. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Review and current concepts. Am Fam Physician 2001; 1;64(1):111-117. Full version: http://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0701/p111.html (accessed 11 November 2011) Level of evidence: A1</ref><sup>A1</sup> | The patient takes off his/her t-shirt so that the spine is visible. The patient needs to bend forward, starting at the waist until the back comes in the horizontal plane, with the feet together, arms hanging and the knees in extension. The palms are hold together. The examiner stands at the back of the patient and looks along the horizontal plane of the spine, searching for abnormalities of the spinal curve, like increased or decreased lordosis/ kyphosis, and an asymmetry of the <br>trunk.<ref name="[1]">iScoliosis. Symptoms. http://www.iscoliosis.com/symptoms.html (accessed 11 November 2011)</ref>, <ref name="[2]">Scoliosis. In Depth Revieuw of Scoliosis: Introduction, Clinical. http://www.e-radiography.net/radpath/s/scoliosis/scoliosis.htm (accessed 11 November 2011)</ref>, <ref name="[3]">Scoliosis. Physical Examination. http://adam.about.net/reports/000068_5.htm (accessed 11 November 2011)</ref> <ref name="[4]">B.V. Reamy, J. B . Slakey. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Review and current concepts. Am Fam Physician 2001; 1;64(1):111-117. Full version: http://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0701/p111.html (accessed 11 November 2011) Level of evidence: A1</ref><sup>A1</sup> | ||
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The patient takes off his/her t-shirt so that the spine is visible. The patient needs to bend forward, starting at the waist until the back comes in the horizontal plane, with the feet together, arms hanging and the knees in extension. The palms are hold together. The examiner stands at the back of the patient and looks along the horizontal plane of the spine, searching for abnormalities of the spinal curve, like increased or decreased lordosis/ kyphosis, and an asymmetry of the
trunk.[1], [2], [3] [4]A1
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 iScoliosis. Symptoms. http://www.iscoliosis.com/symptoms.html (accessed 11 November 2011)
- ↑ Scoliosis. In Depth Revieuw of Scoliosis: Introduction, Clinical. http://www.e-radiography.net/radpath/s/scoliosis/scoliosis.htm (accessed 11 November 2011)
- ↑ Scoliosis. Physical Examination. http://adam.about.net/reports/000068_5.htm (accessed 11 November 2011)
- ↑ B.V. Reamy, J. B . Slakey. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Review and current concepts. Am Fam Physician 2001; 1;64(1):111-117. Full version: http://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0701/p111.html (accessed 11 November 2011) Level of evidence: A1
