Avaliação postural em praticantes de CrossFit®

• Autor(a) principal: Veronez, Valéria Ouriques
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Universitário da Ânima (RUNA)
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.animaeducacao.com.br/handle/ANIMA/16171
• topic: Exercício; Fisioterapia; Postura

Introduction: CrossFit® is a training method that aims to develop physical conditioning through the performance of different exercises at high intensity. The performance of Physiotherapy within this type of training can collaborate so that practitioners and athletes reach their goals, develop their best performance and prevent injuries. Objective: to evaluate the posture of CrossFit® practitioners. Methods: Cross-sectional and exploratory study, in which the collected data was quantitatively analyzed. 29 CrossFit® practitioners took place in the study. The instruments used in the data collection were: Physiotherapeutic evaluation form, simetograph and the questionnaire adapted for the evaluation of musculoskeletal in exercise practitioners (Q-ADOM). Results: The most prevalent postural changes were: knee varus, left shoulder elevated, shoulder protrusion, lumbar hyperlordosis and thoracic scoliosis. Conclusion: It can be concluded that CrossFit® practitioners in the present study reached postural changes. Thus, the importance of the physiotherapist's action within this type of high intensity training is emphasized, both for prevention and rehabilitation of possible injuries.