The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on School-Based Scoliosis Screening Program in South Korea
Lockdown for preventing COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected the school-based scoliosis screening program. While the overall prevalence of AIS remained stable, the detection rate in the screened population increased, accompanied by younger ages, earlier menarche, and higher Cobb angles (in females) following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors
- Jae Hyuk Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6949-6954)
- Dong‐Gune Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6731-1063)
- Seung Woo Suh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1536-4611)
- Hong Jin Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8162-9585)
- Hyung Rae Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3125-1470)
Institutions
- Korea University Medical Center (KR)
- Military Manpower Administration (KR)
- Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurospine
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14245/ns.2550634.317
- Primary Topic
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00