Postural changes and musculoskeletal pain. / Alterações posturais e dores musculoesqueléticas / Alterações posturais e dores musculoesqueléticas / Postural changes and musculoskeletal pain.
AUTOR(ES)
Ivan Barreira Cheida Faria
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2005
RESUMO
Background: Good posture is the one that best fits our musculoskeletal system, balancing and distributing all the effort of our daily activities, encouraging the lowest overhead and helping to prevent pain. Objective: The purpose of this study was to verify the presence of musculoskeletal pain and postural deviations according to age and gender of visitors from the beaches of Santos and Guaruja cities. Methods: We evaluated 2394 subjects from 5 years of age being 43.27% males and 56.73% female. To determine the postural deviations and musculoskeletal pain were carried out data collection and assessment posture. Results: The total prevalence of pain and postural deviations were 64.66% and 63.28% respectively. The most affected area by pain was the backbone with 43.98% of the complaints, in which 17.04% of subjects evaluated cited as the lumbar region most affected. As for postural changes, the misalignment with scoliosis was the largest representation with 64.66%, followed by lumbar hyperlordosis with 38.18% and 30.03% with hyperkyphosis. Conclusion: It was concluded that the postural deviations and musculoskeletal pain have high prevalence among evaluated, especially in women and aged between 41 and 60 years, necessitating the implementation of programs aimed at prevention and correction of such findings.
ASSUNTO(S)
postura, dor, escoliose, lombalgia. morfologia posture, pain, scoliosis, low back pain.
