Postural evaluation in lower limbs of schoolchildren by biophotogrammetry

• Autor(a) principal: Chagas, Verônica Ferreira
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Rodrigues, Christian Remígio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Caderno de Educação Física e Esporte
• Texto Completo: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/cadernoedfisica/article/view/20195
• topic: Postura corporal; Escolares; SAPO; Corporal Posture; Students; PAS/SAPO

Background: this study was concerned with the theme of corporal posture in students aged 10 to 15 years of age in the public school system of the city Águia Branca-ES. Objective: to evaluate the lower members of schoolchildrens between 10 and 15 years of age of both genders. Methods: anatomical points were demarcated in lower members (antero-superior iliac spine, bigger trochanter of the femur, fibula head, mid-point of the patella, tuberosity of the tibia, medial and lateral malleoli, and point between the second and third metatarsal bones), and then photographed (biophotogrammetry). After, using the Posture Assessment Software (PAS/SAPO) to perform the analysis of the photographs. Results: it was verified that the most frequent deviations were the hip drop, valgus knee and flex knee. There was a higher frequency of female knee deviations and hip deviations in males (although both genders presented high percentage in the two deviation locations). Conclusion: It is suggestive that schools and teachers, not only in the city studied, work with proposals to prevent such deviations, since from these, other changes (joint, muscle or in the form of deviations) may arise throughout their lives.