PELVIC TILT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE

Authors

  • GUSTAVO H. PEIXOTO
  • FLÁVIA PETRI
  • PAULA C.C. NOGUEIRA
  • MAURO H. CHAGAS

Keywords:

pelvic tilt, gender, pelvis.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine whether men e women have similar pelvic tilt angle in three different postures. Twelve men and eighteen women with mean age of 22,8  2,51 e 23,4  1.82 years, height of 174,3  4.7 e 163,6  7,6 cm, and body mass of 70,4  8,7 e  54,4  9.4 Kg, respectively, were volunter at this study. They were instructed to stand in the standard posture equipment (IAP) and pelvic tilt were measured within neutral, anterior and posterior pelvic tilt, with an instrument called Palpation Meter. Groups were compared through independent-samples t-test. No gender diference were found in pelvic tilt for studied postures.

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PEIXOTO, G. H., PETRI, F., NOGUEIRA, P. C., & CHAGAS, M. H. (2015). PELVIC TILT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE. Fiep Bulletin - Online, 76(1). Retrieved from https://fiepbulletin.net/fiepbulletin/article/view/5110

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TRABALHOS PUBLICADOS