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A fragment from an educational campaign of the foundation of the
Polish private television Polsat „Give the Sun to Children” „Static disorders in children and adolescents (faulty postures,
scolioses) and consequently vertebral
overload disease in adults constitute one of the most important and difficult
problems of the temporary medical rehabilitation and orthopaedics. In highly
developed countries faulty postures are very common, and vertebral overload
disease (80-90% of adult population) can be considered civilization-related.
Based on screening examinations it is assumed that nowadays the percentage of
faulty postures in children in the province of Lower Silesia (south-west of
Poland) amounts to 75% of the population, of which 32% of the examined
children have already had fixed disorders in vertebral statics. It is known
that affections mentioned above when left untreated and neglected, without
introducing an appropriate prophylactic programme, can soon result in severe
dysfunctions of motion organ, which often requires a specialist treatment,
sometimes even an operative one. The costs of such specialist treatment for
one patient are being assessed at a few dozen thousand Polish zloty whereas
the result of the treatment is not always entirely satisfactory. The
prophylactic steps when taken at proper time as well as an early
rehabilitation of children and adolescents with diagnosed functional
disorders of body statics are extremely important as far as prevention of
later affections of motion organs are concerned. Thus, the problem is a
quick, objective and repeatable diagnostics of motion organ disorders.” A quotation from a faulty posture prophylactic programme
for school-age children proposed by the Health-Insurance of the Polish city
Łódź. Trying
to meet the immense and important needs the company CQ Elektronik System
offers an apparatus for an entirely non-invasive, precise and objective
diagnostics of body posture. The appliance works on the basis of
photogrammetric method taking advantage of the Moire effect, which is
recommended by specialists as a method eliminating x-rays in a number of
cases. Shortly speaking, it consists in making by means of a video camera a
computer photograph. Thanks to special optical system the computer draws a
three-dimensional picture of the patient’s back and analyses over 50
parameters in the frontal and
sagittal plane. The apparatus is especially useful for children screening
examinations in schools, and its small dimensions makes its transport very
easy. The data saved in digital form on hard disc can be analysed, compared,
registered and statistically edited. The best
recommendation of our appliance are its users. Within last four years we have
installed over 50 appliances across Poland. We estimate that thanks to their
work approximately 100,000 children have been examined. But it is only a drop
in the bucket of needs. We hope
for system solutions to be developed that will make possible to diagnose
precisely all children, at least those in the periods of increased growth
(between 7 and 8, as well as 12 and 13 of age), especially before puberty
period, and will ensure proper and early corrective procedures. Looking
forward to successful cooperation I remain Yours
very truly Artur
Świerc |
