Prevenindo desordens músculo esqueléticas: avaliação postural do acadêmico de odontologia

• Autor(a) principal: Bizelli, Guilherme Rodrigues [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/155197; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/capelo/2017-05-03/000880713.pdf
• topic: Estudantes de odontologia; Dor musculoesquelética; Engenharia humana; Students, Dental

Postural assessment in dental students can be considered as an excellent detection strategy for the prevention of musculoskeletal changes. We conducted a cross-sectional study with students enrolled in a university, which should have attended at least one clinical discipline that contemplated in his teaching plan (n = 303). The objective of this study was to evaluate the posture of dental students and pinpoint the location of their amendments. For evaluation of body posture used the Portland State University protocol - PSU, based on observation instrument to check symmetry, asymmetry and possible deviations and / or postural changes between the body segments and regions. The evaluator quantifies the percentage (%) and the Postural Correction Index (PCI) of the evaluated through mathematical equations that are stipulated by the diagnostic score, ie, total and by regions. are adopted as evaluation criteria three scales: 5 - without deviation, 3 - slight lateral deviation and 1 - sharp lateral deviation. At the end of data collection were analyzed 142 students with a mean age of 22 years. Regarding the ICP found an average of 98.04%. When analyzed the means of each body segment, regions of head and neck (CPR) and dorsal and lumbar spine (RCDL) achieved the best rates (97.38% and 98.69). But to individually analyze each student, values were found below considered good (≥ 80%). In the evaluation of body posture, on average, these students showed values above the stipulated as good for this methodology. With this, it points out the need for body awareness and adoption of ergonomic measures to maintain these levels in order to avoid future postural changes, which may result in numerous injuries and decreased working capacity