The most common spinal defects among children and adolescents

Stecko Monika, Wawryków Agata, Korabiusz Katarzyna, Fabian-Danielewska Anna, Maciejewska Martyna, Janik-Fuks Inga, Harasimowicz Joanna, Kordek Agnieszka. The most common spinal defects among children and adolescents. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(7):85-89. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3266470 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/7101 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 20.06.2019. Revised: 25.06.2019. Accepted: 03.07.2019. The most common spinal defects among children and adolescents Monika Stecko¹, Agata Wawryków¹ , Katarzyna Korabiusz¹, Anna Fabian- Danielewska2, Martyna Maciejewska¹, Inga Janik-Fuks¹, Joanna Harasimowicz¹, Agnieszka Kordek3 1. Pomeranian University of Medical Science, Doctoral Study of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Żołnierska 54, 71-210 Szczecin 2. Pomeranian University of Medical Science, Doctoral Study of the Faculty of Medicine, ul. Żołnierska 54, 71-210 Szczecin 3. Pomeranian University of Medical Science Neonatal Patology Clinic, Aleja Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin Dane autora korespondencyjnego: Monika Stecko mjstecko@gmail.com Abstract Correct posture is a harmonized system of individual parts of the body in relation to each other and in relation to the mechanical axis of the body, maintained at minimum tension of the muscular and nervous systems [1,2,3]. Any postural defect is commonly referred to as a bad posture. According to Wilczyński, these are changes in an upright, free position of the body, which differ significantly from the typical posture of a given gender, age, constitutional structure and race, which are the result of pathological changes and may occur at all body levels [4,5,6]. The most common postural defects associated with the spine include concave, round, round-concave, flat and scoliosis back. Problems that occur in relation to each disease are not only a part of bad posture and do not concern only the spine itself. This is a complex problem and it is necessary to approach the subject holistically and in many directions. Keywords: correct posture, bad posture, concave back, round back, round-concave back, flat back, scoliosi