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Early Detection of Scoliosis

Accession number: 
1980.0100
Production Years: 
1980

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Film Properties: 
Length (feet): 
345 (16mm)
Length (minutes): 
10
Holding Institutions: 

Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario: 16mm.

Library and Archives Canada: 16mm, 3/4".
"La scoliose, déviation latérale de la colonne vertébrale atteint près de dix pourcent de la population. Dépistée assez tôt, c'est-à-dire vers la préadolescence, cette anomalie peut être corrigée grâce à une série d'exercices et au port d'un corset orthopédique. Par contre, si elle n'est pas décelée à temps, une intervention chirurgicale majeure peut s'avérer nécessaire, opération à laquelle le film nous fait assister. Afin d'éviter ce type d'intervention chirurgicale, les scientifiques du Conseil national de recherches du Canada ont mis au point une méthode qui permet maintenant d'effectuer un dépistage suffisamment précoce de la scoliose."

"Scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, afflicts ten percent of the population. Prime victims are young people in their early teens. Now, with technology developed at the National Research Council, this disorder can be detected before it is visible to the naked eye. As this important film illustrates, scoliosis in its early stages is far easier to treat."

Bibliography: 

Online Database National Film Board of Canada.
"Scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, afflicts 10 percent of the population. Prime victims are young people in their early teens. Now, with technology developed at the National Research Council, this disorder can be detected before it is visible to the naked eye. As this important film illustrates, scoliosis in its early stages is far easier to treat."

University of Waterloo Audiovisual Services Catalog.
"Scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, afflicts 10 percent of the population. Prime victims are young people in their early teens. Now, with technology developed at the National Research Council, this disorder can be detected before it is visible to the naked eye. As this film shows, scoliosis in the earlier stages is easier to treat."