Análise da postura de universitárias sedentárias e sua relação com dores musculoesqueléticas

Abstract

Introduction: correct posture is a state of muscular and skeleton equilibrium which protects the body supporting structures against injuries or deformities. Thus, sedentary lifestyle can lead to posture defects, which can originate discomfort, pain or incapacity. Objective: was to analyze the postural alterations in sedentary, 18 to 40 years old female university students, as well as relate those posture defects to muscle-skeleton pains. Materials and Method: photographical registers were done in four ways: front, back, right side and left side, the anatomic points were previously determined by SAPO protocol and after digitizing five times each photograph, the result was the average of the five pictures. Results: no volunteer was had clinical diagnostic of orthopedic or neurological pathology, however 51,61% declared pain in the lumbar region, following 31,48% in the knees and 25,80% in the cervical. The main distortions found were: head anteriorization, torso anteriorization, increase in the Q angle and knees hyperextension. Conclusion: the young sedentary women present postural distortions which can be related to muscleskeleton pains.