PEDIATRICS Vol. 60 No. 2 August 1977, pp. 193-196
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Denver: A Metropolitan Public School Scoliosis Survey

J. C. Drennan M.D.1, J. B. Campbell M.D.1, and H. Ridge R.N.1

1 Department of Orthopaedics, Newington (Conn.) Children's Hospital; Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Denver; and Office of the Head Nurse, Denver Public School System

A successful method for screening pupils for scoliosis in a metropolitan public school system is outlined. The incidence of scoliosis increased to greater than 3% in the seventh-grade population. Approximately 15% of the patients with established diagnoses required active management.

Submitted on December 23, 1977
Accepted on February 5, 1977