[Symptoms of spinal osteochondrosis].

Having screened 384 patients suffering from Scheuermann's disease and 2992 eleven-year-old children, the authors conclude that the early and salient symptoms of the disease are mobile thoracic kyphosis associated with the flexious contracture of the hip joint, and occasional anteflexious contracture of the shoulder joint together with a left-curved functional scoliosis. The authors analyse the nature and frequency of scoliosis, excluding other causes of the flexion contracture of the hip joint. Their findings are supported by data processed on computer.