Study of the body posture in children with predominant oral breathing and school-age children in general

• Autor(a) principal: Basso, Débora Bonesso Andriollo
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Souza, Juliana Alves, Pasinato, Fernanda, Corrêa, Eliane Castilhos Rodrigues, Silva, Ana Maria Toniolo da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/6525
• topic: Oral breathing; Posture; Children; Evaluation.; Respiração bucal; Postura; Criança; Avaliação.

Objective: to evaluate the posture of children with predominant oral breathing and to compare these findings to the described ones in the literature related to the general school-age children. Methods: 30 school-age children with oral breathing were submitted to subjective postural evaluation, with analysis of the positioning symmetry of the structures in the anterior, posterior and lateral views. The obtained results were compared to those described in the literature related to the general school-age body posture. Results: in the anterior view, the elevation of the right shoulder, elbow and fingers flexion prevailed. In the posterior view, it was observed abduction and elevation of the scapulas and rotation of the knees. And, in the lateral view, it was observed forward head posture and protrusion and medial rotation of shoulders. In the literature findings it was observed semiflexion of the knees, shoulder protrusion and lumbar hyperlordosis. Conclusion: the breathing mode is essential for the postural balance of children in school- age. It was also evidenced that some alterations are peculiar of the normal postural development, once they were present in both groups.