Vercauteren M, Van Beneden M, Verplaetse R, Croene P, Uyttendaele D, Verdonk R
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1982 Nov-Dec;7(6):555-62. doi: 10.1097/00007632-198211000-00008.
Two hundred seventy schoolchildren attending Belgian town schools were screened for trunk asymmetries. The present investigation confirms a wide prevalence of clinically evident asymmetries of the trunk. In the large majority of cases, the asymmetries were accompanied by a measurable rib hump and/or lumbar prominence, which have to be considered in scoliosis screenings. Age and sex do not have a clinically demonstrable influence on the degree and laterality of asymmetry in the school population examined. A height discrepancy of shoulders, scapulae, and iliac crests not exceeding 1 cm and a discrepancy in the depth of the waist triangles not exceeding 1.5 cm are so frequency that they must be considered as physiologic. The same applies to the rib hump (not exceeding 8 mm) and the lumbar prominence (not exceeding 5 mm). As in idiopathic scoliosis, the rib hump is predominantly situated on the right, especially in girls in the prepubertal period.
对270名就读于比利时城镇学校的学童进行了躯干不对称筛查。本次调查证实临床上明显的躯干不对称现象广泛存在。在大多数情况下，这些不对称伴有可测量的肋骨隆凸和/或腰椎突出，在脊柱侧凸筛查中必须予以考虑。在所检查的学校人群中，年龄和性别对不对称的程度和偏向没有临床上可证实的影响。双肩、肩胛和髂嵴的高度差异不超过1厘米，腰三角深度差异不超过1.5厘米的情况很常见，因此必须将其视为生理性的。肋骨隆凸（不超过8毫米）和腰椎突出（不超过5毫米）也是如此。与特发性脊柱侧凸一样，肋骨隆凸主要位于右侧，尤其是青春期前女孩。
