BIOMECANICA OF POSTURE: POSTURE REVIEW OF STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Abstract

The evolution in the scientific arm of Biomechanics every day presents new mechanisms to keep the man standing, where the habits of locomotion, the posture of sit, lie down and your action-reaction static or dynamic are the determining factors for their postural stability . When evaluating or analyzing the posture of a human body is statically need for consistency of the observation evaluated in three views: anterior-posterior, posterior-anterior and lateral or profile, with the aim of identifying postural deviations. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to examine the posture, identify and describe the main deviations found in students, aged between eight to thirteen years of both sexes, enrolled in elementary schools of three public schools, located in the southern city of Palmas -TO. METHODOLOGY: This is a descriptive study, exploratory and cross. The population was calculated for the study of 1200 students who study in regular elementary schools in three schools in the municipal network in the municipality of Palmas-TO. The sample of this work was composed by 600 children, between eight and thirteen years. Being 300 males and 300 females, the participants of the survey were chosen randomly. The protocol for collection of data containing information on the posture assessment was based on proposals from Kendall et al. (1995), to assess posture and observational. The data were recorded on a questionnaire. The evaluators were on the same line of children at a distance of 3 meters, which was observed at each angle made the difference for every child. DISCUSSION: Noting the results pointed out in table 01, we note that the main postural deviations such were found in feet, knees, hip and shoulders, because both groups appear the same postural deviations. If we look at the results in Table 02, we understand the increase of curvatures classified as physiological (lumbar lordosis, kyphosis thoracic and cervical lordosis). In table 3 we observed in the vertebral column characteristics of a likely Thoracic scoliosis (57%) for males and (51%) for females. Bienfait (1995,) states that the escolioses at that age are not acentuações so serious, then the possibility of treatment, with the objective of trying to redress. CONCLUSION: The majority of postural deviations in the child in growth is classified as deviations of development and, where the standards become customary, may result in postural defects. THE early diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the vertebral column provide better results in order to minimize the effects of postural deviations (MURAHOVSCHI, 1998). In the face of the results obtained by subjective evaluation of posture, concludes-that the deviations of the segments of the body Knees, of the vertebral column (Curvature Lumbar marked, Probable Thoracic scoliosis) and Head Protuberant, have a greater prevalence of the impact found in individuals in this sample.