ABSTRACT
One of the great problems, which children and teenagers may face, at school ages, is vertebral column deformities. These congenital and growth skeletal deformities are common and are musculoskeletal potential problems in children and adolescence age. The deformities may involve the vertebral column curvature [lateral or posterior anterior], that appear in frontal surface in form of scoliosis, and in sagital surface, in form of lordosis and kiphosis. The main purpose of this study was to assess vertebral column [skeletal] disorders in 14-16 years old high school male students at Shaheed Beheshti Medical University and health services educational catchments areas, Tehran, Iran in 2005-2006 and Provision of Related Strategies. This is a descriptive research. The research units consisted 216 boys aged between 14-18 years old, from first to third grade, which were selected randomly from high schools, based on multistage sampling. The data collection tools were a questionnaire and an observation record sheet. The screening tests performed in this study were a back and lateral observation and forward bending test. The results showed that 8.8 percent, 2.8 percent and 6.9 percent of the students in this research accordingly had scoliosis, Hyper lordosis and kiphosis. From the 8.8 percent of the students who had scoliosis, the deviation of 76 percent was on the right side. Based on the results of this study, the prevalence of vertebral column [skeletal] disorders was high, in comparison to other studies. Probable causes of the high prevalence of these disorders could be related to, inappropriate carrying and heavy weight of their bags, and inappropriate sitting while doing their homework