TRUNK ABNORMALITIES IN ADOLESCENCE A school health care based epidemiological cohort ...

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TRUNK ABNORMALITIES IN ADOLESCENCE
A school health care based epidemiological cohort study
CIP-DATA KONINKLIJKE BIBLIOTHEEK, DEN HAAG
Hazebroek-Kampschreur, AAI.M.
Trunk abnormalities in adolescence: a school health care
based epidemiological cohort study/ AAI.M.
Hazebroek-Kampschreur. - [S.l.:s.n.].-Ill.
Thesis Rotterdam. - with ref.
ISBN 90-9006278-5
NUGI 742
Subject headings: scoliosis; adolescents
Correspondence:
Koerillen 2
2904 VL Capelle aan den IJssel
The Netherlands
Cover: Geert P. Hazebroek.
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TRUNK ABNORMALITIES IN ADOLESCENCE
A school health care based epidemiological cohort study
Afwijkingen van de wervelkolom bij adolescenten
Een epidemiologisch cohort onderzoek vanuit de jeugdgezondheidszorg
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor
aan de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
op gezag van de rector magnificus
Prof. Dr P.W.C. Akkermans M.Lit.
en volgens besluit van het College van Dekanen.
De openbare verdediging zal plaatsvinden op
woensdag 22 september 1993 om 13.45 uur.
door
Alice Augusta Johanna Maria Hazebroek-Kampschreur
geboren te IS Gravenhage
PROMOTIE COMMISSIE
Promotores: Prof. Dr B. van Linge
Prof. Dr A. Hofman
Overige leden: Prof. Dr E. van der Does
Prot. Dr T.W.J. Schulpen
He is a better physician that keeps diseases off us, than he that cures them being on
us.
Thomas Adams, 1621-1653
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Blaise Pascal, 1623 -1662
Voor Frans
Eric
Martijn
Rutger
Geert
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Acknowledgements
This thesis presents the joint work of several departments. The author gratefully
acknowledge the collaboration with the department of Orthopedic Surgery,
University Hospital Rotterdam Dijkzigt and Sophia Children's Hospital (B. van
Linge, A Diepstraten, A Lengkeek, P. Tangkau), the department of Orthopedic
Surgery, Hospital Eudokia Rotterdam (B. Verbiest), the department of
Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical School (A Hofman), the
department of Informatics (C.J. Wulffraat, B. van de Meeberg, M. Terlouw,
A Wessels), the department of Epidemiology (H.F.L. Garretsen, J.AM. van Oers,
APh. van Dijk), the department of Youth Health Care, Municipal Health Service
Rotterdam (N.W. Dekema-Klaasse, J. Schipper, S.W. Ordonez-van de Reijden,
J. Belder, B. van de Kamp, J. van der Valk-de Jonge, R. Badal, R. Boer,
J. Breedveld, M. van Burgh, W. Pluymers). Also acknowledged is the collaboration
with the school physicians and school nurses of the department of Youth Health
Care, Municipal Health Service Rotterdam (G. Asma, 1. Bemsen, C. Blaauw
Witteveen, R. den Boer-Reuben, L. Bosselaar, M. ten Bruggencate-Bruynen, X. de
Bruyn-van Leeuwen, W. Cheng, A Daniels-ten Bokkel Huinink, G. van der Ende
Kremer, V. Erjavec, E. Franken, R. Heemskerk, H.Hoogeveen-Schroot, G. Ivens,
G. Iwema, M. Jacobs, F. Keiser, M. Klompenhouwer, J. Mcs-Warmolts,
R. Noordermeer-Nauta, P. Nugteren-de Jager, G. van Omme, P. Osman-Handoko,
G. Paul-Alderlieste, 1. Pieterse-Hooft, B. Pouw-Tan, R. Reys, Y. Selier,
Y. Sevenbergen, R. Slier-Schreur, A Spaans, B. Smit-Boekelman, M. Steilen,
A Tavenier-Hansen, L. Tetrode, P. Thiebaut, A Vossenaar, S. Wiarda), and the
family physicians and orthopedic surgeons in Rotterdam.
Financial support for the publication of this thesis by the Stichting Orthopedie
Rotterdam and the Rotterdam Medical Research Foundation is gratefully
acknowledged.
Contents
1. Introduction 11
2. Scoliosis and kyphosis: a review of the literature 15
3. School screening: a review of the literature 31
4. Prevalence of trunk abnormalities 39
5. Incidence of trunk abnormalities 57
6. Determinants of trunk abnormalities 67
7. Is scoliosis screening by nurses advisable? 79
8. Follow-up in children referred for trunk abnormalities 91
9. General discussion 105
Summary 115
Samenvatting 119
Epiloog 123
Curriculum vitae 127
Publications and manuscripts based on studies in this thesis
Chapter 4
Hazebroek-Kampschreur AAJM, Hofman A, Dijk APh van, Linge B van.
Prevalence of trunk abnormalities in eleven-year-old schoolchildren in Rotterdam,
The Netherlands. J Ped Orthop 1992;12:480-4.
Chapter 5
Hazebroek-Kampschreur AAJM, Hofman A, Dijk APh van, Linge B van.
Two-year cumulative incidence of trunk abnormalities in a school population in
Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Submitted.
Chapter 6
Hazebroek-Kampschreur AAJM, Hofman A, Dijk APh van, Linge B van.
Determinants of trunk abnormalities. Submitted.
Chapter 7
Hazebroek-Kampschreur AAJM, Hofman A, Dijk APh van, Linge B van.
Is scoliosescreening door schoolverpleegkundigen zinvol? T Soc Gezondheidsz
1993;71:288-91. (in Dutch).
Chapter 8
Hazebroek-Kampschreur AAJM, Tangkau PL, Linge B van.
Follow-up in children referred for trunk abnormalities. Submitted.
Chapter 1
Introduction