Anyone from anywhere can get it but it's mostly more common in teenaged girls but boys can have it aswell . Bottom line is though anyone can get it.
Females
Idiopathic scoliosis. Infantile. Curvature appears before age three. This type is quite rare in the United States, but is more common in Europe.
scoliosis in child shown from 6 year old to 10 year age
Scoliosis usually starts during adolesence.
Scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, occurs in about 3 percent of the population and is much more prevelant in girls than boys. Scoliosis can be detected at any childhood age and is not contagious.
Scoliosis is really an opinion on if it is rare or common. I can answer that 2-3% of people HAVE curves of over 20*, i have scoliosis...so i find it pretty common that 2-3 percent have it...but i think that more people should know what it is.
Yes they can. Scoliosis is most common in women... Not sure if it's the same in animals though.
scoliosis affects 10% of adoelscants but only 1% need medical attention.
Idiopathic scoliosis is further classified according to age of onset:.Infantile. Juvenile. Adolescent. Adult.
Scoliosis is a side-to-side curvature of the spine. Neuromuscular scoliosis is due to loss of control of the nerves or muscles which support the spine. The most common causes of this type of scoliosis are cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy.
Adolescent. Curvature appears between ages of 10 and 13, near the beginning of puberty. This is the most common type of idiopathic scoliosis.
Scoliosis refers to a curve in the spine that is not normally present in a healthy spine.
kyphosis, lordosis and scoliosis