ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS PREDISPOSING TO PAIN SYNDROMES AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS WITH DIAGNOSED IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS*

Idiopathic scoliosis (IS), despite multidirectional therapy, involves a significant impair-ment of the quality of life of the patients. It is caused by pain syndromes frequently ac-companying IS, the etiology of which has not been entirely discovered. The present rese-arch on environmental factors predisposing to pain syndromes in girls with IS involved analysis of 54 girls under ambulatory care, aged 14-17 (on average 15.3-years-old ±0.99). The patients ’ natural environment was analysed, including time spent in a sedentary posi-tion during the day, sleeping time, time spent on physical activity during the week, regula-rity of meals consumed, as well as the quantitative composition of the diet. The research also concerned the location and characteristics of ailment reported, as well as pain intensi-ty on the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS)